UNB, Dhaka :
The High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail petitions of Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin and its chairman Mohammad Hossain, now in jail, in two money-laundering cases filed by the Anti Corruption Commission.
An HC bench comprising Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hasan passed the order upon hearing on a petition filed by their lawyer Barrister Azmalul Hossain.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan stood for the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan said, the court asked the authorities concerned to hospitalise Rafiqul Amin following the deterioration of his health condition.
On July 31, 2012, the ACC filed two money-laundering cases against Destiny 2000 Limited chairman M Hossain and managing director Rafiqul Amin and 20 others on charge of misappropriating investors’ money amounting to Tk 3,285 crore.
ACC deputy director Mozahar Ali Sarder filed one case with Kalabagan Police Station against 12 officials of Destiny 2000 Limited, including its chairman and managing director, under the Money Laundering Act 2012 for allegedly misappropriating over Tk 2,106 crore from the Destiny Tree Plantation Limited (DTPL).
The High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail petitions of Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin and its chairman Mohammad Hossain, now in jail, in two money-laundering cases filed by the Anti Corruption Commission.
An HC bench comprising Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury and Justice JBM Hasan passed the order upon hearing on a petition filed by their lawyer Barrister Azmalul Hossain.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan stood for the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan said, the court asked the authorities concerned to hospitalise Rafiqul Amin following the deterioration of his health condition.
On July 31, 2012, the ACC filed two money-laundering cases against Destiny 2000 Limited chairman M Hossain and managing director Rafiqul Amin and 20 others on charge of misappropriating investors’ money amounting to Tk 3,285 crore.
ACC deputy director Mozahar Ali Sarder filed one case with Kalabagan Police Station against 12 officials of Destiny 2000 Limited, including its chairman and managing director, under the Money Laundering Act 2012 for allegedly misappropriating over Tk 2,106 crore from the Destiny Tree Plantation Limited (DTPL).
