Staff Reporter :
A Dhaka court has sentenced Rafiqul Amin, managing director of Destiny 2000 Limited, to three years imprisonment in a case filed for not submitting wealth statement to Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Judge Shamim Ahamed of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-8 passed the verdict and also fined Rafiqul
Tk 50 lakh in his presence. This is the first judgment against Rafiqul since his arrest in 2013, confirmed Mahamud Hossain Jahangir, Special Public Prosecutor of ACC.
On June 16, 2016, ACC served Rafiqul Amin a notice asking him to submit his wealth statement report to the commission after the anti-graft watchdog found information of his illegal wealth worth Tk 13.11 crore during primary investigation, according to case details.
However, the Destiny officials failed to submit the report to ACC. Later, the commission filed a case against him with Ramna Police Station on September 8, 2016.
After investigation, ACC Assistant Director Md Salauddin submitted a charge sheet against Rafiqul Amin on June 6, 2017.
A total of five prosecution witnesses testified before the court on different dates, including the plaintiff of the case since the trial began on March 12, 2018.
On July 31, 2012, the ACC filed two money-laundering cases against Destiny-2000 chairman Mohammad Hossain, the Destiny Group managing director and 20 others on charge of misappropriating investors’ money amounting to Tk 32.85 billion.
On October 11 that year, the court sent them to jail rejecting their bail petitions on surrender.
On June 16, 2016, ACC sent a notice to Rafiqul to submit within seven days the statement of wealth beyond his known sources of income.
Destiny managing director was given another seven days after he had sought time and ACC filed a case with Ramna Police Station on September 8, 2016 for not submitting the wealth statement in time. On June 6, 2017, the ACC submitted a charge sheet before the court in the case.
A Dhaka court has sentenced Rafiqul Amin, managing director of Destiny 2000 Limited, to three years imprisonment in a case filed for not submitting wealth statement to Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Judge Shamim Ahamed of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-8 passed the verdict and also fined Rafiqul
Tk 50 lakh in his presence. This is the first judgment against Rafiqul since his arrest in 2013, confirmed Mahamud Hossain Jahangir, Special Public Prosecutor of ACC.
On June 16, 2016, ACC served Rafiqul Amin a notice asking him to submit his wealth statement report to the commission after the anti-graft watchdog found information of his illegal wealth worth Tk 13.11 crore during primary investigation, according to case details.
However, the Destiny officials failed to submit the report to ACC. Later, the commission filed a case against him with Ramna Police Station on September 8, 2016.
After investigation, ACC Assistant Director Md Salauddin submitted a charge sheet against Rafiqul Amin on June 6, 2017.
A total of five prosecution witnesses testified before the court on different dates, including the plaintiff of the case since the trial began on March 12, 2018.
On July 31, 2012, the ACC filed two money-laundering cases against Destiny-2000 chairman Mohammad Hossain, the Destiny Group managing director and 20 others on charge of misappropriating investors’ money amounting to Tk 32.85 billion.
On October 11 that year, the court sent them to jail rejecting their bail petitions on surrender.
On June 16, 2016, ACC sent a notice to Rafiqul to submit within seven days the statement of wealth beyond his known sources of income.
Destiny managing director was given another seven days after he had sought time and ACC filed a case with Ramna Police Station on September 8, 2016 for not submitting the wealth statement in time. On June 6, 2017, the ACC submitted a charge sheet before the court in the case.
