The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday submitted charge sheet in two cases against 51 executives and employees of Destiny Group, including its president and its managing director on charge of embezzling Tk 4,119 crore from several lakh people.ACC Deputy Director Mozahar Ali Sarder submitted the charge sheet before the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.He said, with the 22 accused in the cases, 29 new have been included in the charge sheet. After 18 months examination, the investigation team submitted its final inquiry report to the commission. On January 16, the commission approved the report for making the charge sheet. The team has taken three and a half months to submit it. Destiny Group’s Chairman Lieutenant General (Retd) Harun-Ar- Rashid, its Managing Director Rafiqul Amin, Destiny-2000 Ltd Chairman Mohammad Hossain, Directors Syedur Rahman, Gofranul Haque, Mezba Uddin Sawpan, Syed Sazzad Hossain and Erfan Ahmed Sani are among others of the old 22 accused. Destiny Group’s Chairman Lieutenant General (Retd) Harun-Ar- Rashid, its Managing Director Rafiqul Amin, Destiny-2000 Ltd Chairman Mohammad Hossain, Directors Syedur Rahman, Gofranul Haque, Mezba Uddin Sawpan, Syed Sazzad Hossain and Erfan Ahmed Sani are among others of the old 22 accused. Best Aviation’s former Chairman Dr M Haidaruzzaman, former Head of Finance Kazi Fazlul Karim, Advisor Mohammad Zoynal Abedin and Assistant General Manger Molla Al Amin are among 29 new accused. The charge sheet states, Destiny Group through its sister concerns including, Destiny Tree Plantation and Destiny Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd took the money from several lakh people and embezzled those in the name of investing in its 32 financial institutions. The executives collected Tk 1,901.26 crore from over eight lakh clients between 2009 and 2012 through Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society. Of the those amount of money, the senior executives embezzled Tk 1,861 crore as their wage, bonus. honorarium and profit. The accused took Tk 2,335 crore through Destiny Tree Plantation Ltd from its clients between 2006 and 2009. Of the amount, Tk 2,257.78 crore was embezzled. On July 31, 2012, the ACC filed two money-laundering cases against 22 people of the company with Kalabagan Thana on charge of misappropriating investors’ money amounting to Tk 3,285 crore.
