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Rafiqul Amin, managing director of Destiny Multipurpose Co-Operative Society Ltd, has been freed from jail after 12 years.
Rafiqul walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj at around 6:30 pm on Wednesday, said Deputy Inspector General (Dhaka Range) of Prisons Md Jahangir Kabir, reports UNB.
Bench Officer Belal Hossain said that since Rafiqul Amin had served 12 years and three months in prison, the court ordered his release as soon as possible.
He also confirmed that there are no other 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, 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.
All the convicts except Rafiqul, his wife, and Mohammad Hossain were tried in absentia.
The court issued arrest warrants for those who are absconding in the case.