Destiny Chairman, MD denied bail

The chairman and managing director of the scam-tainted Destiny 2000 Ltd have been denied bail.

Court Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 17 April 2014, 10:13 AM
Updated : 17 April 2014, 10:31 AM

Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court Judge Meher Nigar Shuchona gave the order in two cases of money-laundering, after hearing bail petitions by Managing Director Rafiqul Amin and Chairman Mohammad Hossain on Thursday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the cases under the Money Laundering Prevention Act in July, 2012 against 22 top officials of Destiny for embezzling around Tk 35 billion after duping numerous clients through the Destiny Multipurpose Co-Operation (MLM) and Tree Plantation Project.
Amin and Hossain confessed to the crime before a magistrate in October, 2012. Both are now in jail.
“The chargesheet of the cases will be submitted soon ,” ACC lawyer Kabir Hossain told bdnews24.com