Destiny MD released after serving 12 yrs in prison

Rafiqul Amin, Managing Director of Destiny Multipurpose Co-Operative Society Ltd, has been released after serving over 12 years in prison.

Rafiqul walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj at around 6:30pm on Wednesday (January 15), confirmed Deputy Inspector General (Dhaka Range) of Prisons Md Jahangir Kabir.

Bench Officer Belal Hossain stated that since Rafiqul Amin had served 12 years and three months in prison, the court ordered his immediate release. He also confirmed that there are no other pending cases against him.

A Dhaka court sentenced him and 18 others to 12 years of jail in a misappropriation case.

Judge of Dhaka Special Judge Court 4 Md Rabiul Alam handed down the judgment in the presence of Rafiqul and two others.

The other convicts included Destiny’s Director Lt Gen (retd) Harunur Rashid, Chairman Md Hossain, Vice Chairmen Mohammad Gorfanul Haque, Md Sayed-ur-Rahman, Mezbah Uddin Swapan, Engr Sheikh Tayebur Rahman and Gopal Chandra Biswas, Directors Syed Sazzad Hossain and Irfan Ahmed Sunny, Rafiqul’s wife Farah Diba, Profit Sharing Distributor Md Jasim Uddin Bhuiyan, Destiny Multipurpose Co-operative Society General Secretary Zakir Hossain and Member Abul Kalam Azad, Diamond Executives SM Ahsanul Kabir Biplob, Jobayer Sohel and Abdul Mannan, and Crown Executive Mosaddek Ali Khan.

The court also issued arrest warrants for those who were absconding in the case.