Destiny-2000 director Farha Diba sent to jail

Destiny-2000 director Farha Diba was sent to jail in a money laundering case in which she was earlier sentenced to eight years' imprisonment.

Judge Shaikh Nazmul Alam of the Special Judge's Court-4 of Dhaka passed the order on Sunday after Farha Diba surrendered before it and sought bail.

The same court on May 12 sentenced her to eight years in prison and fined her Tk 40 crore, in default of which she will have to serve two more years in jail.

The judge also sentenced Destiny-2000 managing director Mohammad Rafiqul Amin, also the husband of Farha to 12 years and fined Tk 200 crore, in default of which he would have to serve three more years in prison.