Destiny Cases
HC asks for Harun's health report
The High Court yesterday asked for a report on the health condition of Destiny Group President and former army chief Lt Gen (retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid.
Hearing two appeals filed by Harun, the court directed the vice chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, where Harun is being treated under police custody, to submit the medical report to it by tomorrow.
The former army chief filed the appeals on Sunday against a lower court order that cancelled his bail on October 11 in two money laundering cases and sought bail on health grounds in the cases.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the cases on July 31 against Harun and 21 other top officials of Destiny Group on charge of laundering Tk 3,285.26 crore.
Yesterday, the HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Farid Ahmed adjourned the hearing on the appeals till today.
During yesterday's hearing, Harun's lawyer Abdul Matin Khasru said his client had been suffering from different serious diseases, including diabetes and heart complexities, and he was not involved in any offence.
ACC's lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan opposed the bail appeals, saying Harun-Ar-Rashid had laundered Tk 13.96 crore as the money was transferred to his [Harun] account from Destiny Group's account.
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