Destiny MD Rafiqul gets 12 years in jail

A Dhaka court has sentenced 46 persons, 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.

Of the convicts, Rafiqul Amin was sentenced to 12 years in jail while 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.

Of the 46 convicts, Ruhul Amin's wife Farah Diba along with 36 others are now absconding.

Earlier 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.