Submission of arrest report now Sept 17

Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court yesterday (Wednesday) once again deferred the submission of the arrest report against 42 officials of Destiny Group in two cases filed for swindling of investors’ money amounting to Tk 4,119 crore, as the prosecution could not submit the report on Wednesday. The new date is September 17.Judge Md Jahurul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka passed the order yesterday.Of the accused, 42 are fugitives, three earlier secured bails and one accused is behind the bar.On June 11, the same court issued arrest warrants against the fugitive officials of Destiny Group. On the day, the court directed the officer-in-charges of the concerned police stations to submit the arrest reports against the fugitives by July 13. Later, on July 13, the same court deferred submission of the reports against the Destiny officials in the cases.On July 31, 2112, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the two money-laundering cases against Destiny 2000 Limited President Harun or Rashid, Managing Director Rafiqul Amin and 20 others on the charge misappropriating investors’ amounting to Tk 3,385 crore.Later, charge sheet was submitted against a total of 46 Destiny officials in another case. Fourteen officials have been made accused in both the cases.