The Supreme Court has upheld the High Court order scrapping two bail petitions of Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin in connection with two money laundering cases.
A four-member Bench of the AD, headed by the Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed the order on Sunday.
Lawyers Abdul Matin Khasru and Sayeed Ahmed appeared for Rafiqul Amin, while Khurshid Alam Khan argued for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), opposing the bail prayers.
Earlier on September 24, a four-member bench of the AD headed by the Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain fixed Sunday for passing its order on two bail petitions filed by Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin in two money laundering cases.
Earlier on September 20, the Supreme Court deferred the hearing of the two bail petitions filed by Destiny Group MD.
On August 20, the High Court division turned down the bail petitions of Rafiqul Amin in two money-laundering cases. Then, Rafiqul Amin, now in jail, filed two petitions with the AD challenging the HCD's rejection orders and sought bail from the apex court.
Earlier on January 28 this year, Shamim Ahamed Judge of the Special Judge Court-8 of Dhaka sentenced Rafiqul Amin with three years’ rigorous imprisonment and also fined him Tk 50 lakh in his presence in a case filed for not submitting his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
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 3,285 crore.
On October 11, that year, the court sent them to jail rejecting their bail petitions upon surrender.
On June 16, 2016, ACC sent a notice to Rafiqul to submit a statement of wealth beyond his known sources of income within seven days. Destiny Managing Director was granted another seven days after he had sought time and the 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.
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