5 Destiny high-ups bail cancelled

Wednesday, September 12, 2012 A Dhaka court on Wednesday cancelled the bail of five Destiny Group top officials, including its managing director, granted by a lower court in two money laundering cases.
Judge (in-charge) Dr Akhtaruzzaman of the Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka passed the order after hearing two petitions submitted by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seeking cancellation of the bail granted by the lower court on August 6.
The ACC filed the petitions on August 13.
The officials are -- Destiny's Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin and its Director Lt Gen (retd) M Harunur Rashid, Destiny-2000 Ltd Chairman Mohammad Hossain and its two directors Gofranul Huq and Sayed-ur Rahman.
There is no legal bar to arrest the five Destiny officials as their bail was cancelled, Public Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajol told The Daily Star.
Meanwhile, the ACC today filed two separate petitions with the same court seeking cancellation of the bail of 16 other Destiny officials by a lower court on September 5.
The same court accepted the petitions and fixed September 20 for hearing on the petition submitted for cancellation of the bail.
On July 31, the ACC sued 22 officials of Destiny Group for laundering Tk 3,285.26 crore by cheating investors.