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Destiny MD, Chair among 51 charged

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Update: 2014-05-04 05:05:00
Destiny MD, Chair among 51 charged

DHAKA: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted charge sheet against 51, including Managing Director, Chairman of MLM Company Destiny brining allegation of embezzling Tk 4,119 crore.

ACC Deputy Director Mozahar Ali Sarder submitted the charge sheet to Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in two cases.

Some 150 people were made witness in the cases.

The accused include Managing Director Mohammad Rafiqul Amin and Director Lt Gen (retd) M Harunur Rashid, Destiny 2000 Chairman Mohammad Hossain, Deputy Managing Director Gofranul Huq, directors Sayed-ur Rahman, Mejbah Uddin Swapan, Syed Sazzad Hossain, Irfan Ahmed, Farha Diba, Jamsed Ara Chowdhury, Sheikh Tayebur Rahman and Nepal Chandra Biswas, Zakir Hossain, former General Secretary of DMCSL, Azad Rahman, former Joint Secretary of DMCSL, Akbar Hossain Sumon, former Treasurer of DMCSL, Shirin Akhter, Lt Col (retd) Didarul Alam, a Director of Destiny 2000, and six former DMCSL members Rafiqul Islam Sarker, Majibur Rahman, Sumon Ali Khan, Saidul Islam Khan Rubel and Abul Kalam Azad.

On July 31, 2012 the ACC filed a case against Destiny Group officials for laundering about Tk 213.90 crore of Destiny Tree Plantation Ltd Project.

ACC filed another case against top officials of the company for laundering Tk 1861 crore from Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd (DMCSL).

BDST: 1450 HRS, MAY 04, 2014

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