Destiny’s Rafiqul gets 12yrs jail term, Harun 4yrs
12 May 2022, 12:26 pm | Updated: 24 November 2024, 07:58 pm
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced all 46 accused, including Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny-2000 president Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid, to different terms of imprisonment in money laundering case.
Among them, Rafiqul Amin was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment and Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid to four years.
Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Special Judge’s Court-4 delivered the verdict on Thursday.
The court recorded statements of 202, out of 303, prosecution witnesses.
During the hearing, Amin and five others, now in jail, were produced before the court. Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid and two others--now on bail--were also present.
Amin’s wife Farah Diba and 36 others are now absconding.
On May 4, 2014, the Anti-Corruption Commission pressed charges against 51 people in two cases filed on charges of misappropriating over Tk 4,200 crore from investors.
