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The High Court (HC) on Thursday directed the trial court concerned to dispose of two money laundering cases involving Tk 42 billion against Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin within six months.
The virtual bench of justices Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Ahmed Sohel passed the order summarily dismissing a bail petition filed by Rafiqul Amin against a trial court order.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the two cases against 22 officials of the Destiny Group, including Rafiqul Amin and Mohammad Hossain, with Kalabagan Police Station on July 31, 2012. After investigation, the charge sheet was submitted against them on May 5, 2014.
Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru and Barrister M Mainul Islam, who appeared for the accused on Thursday, prayed to grant bail to Rafiqul Amin on health grounds.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan and Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik opposed the petitions saying that the accused cannot be granted bail as there are specific allegations of siphoning off the huge amount of money against them.
Rafiqul Amin, now in jail, filed the petitions on August 16 through his lawyer Ujjal Bhowmick with the HC seeking bail in the cases against him stating that he has been suffering in prison since October 11, 2012, and now he is physically ill.