Zoom meeting from prison: Destiny MD shifted to Keraniganj jail from BSMMU
He was taken back to the jail at 4pm, said Inspector General of prisons
Ending 82 days of treatment at the BSMMU, Destiny Group Managing Director Rafiqul Amin has been taken back to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj after a leaked video of him joining a Zoom meeting from the hospital's prison ward went viral on social media.
He was taken back to the jail at 4pm, Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brigadier General Md Mominur Rahman Mamun told The Business Standard.
Regarding the Zoom meeting from the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University's (BSMMU) prison ward, the IG Prisons said action will be taken against him as per the Prison Act.
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Earlier, on Friday four chief prison guards were suspended while 13 other assistant chief prison guards and prison guards were sued over the Zoom meeting conducted by Rafiqul Amin.
The suspended chief prison guards were Md Yunus Ali Molla, Mir Badiuzzaman, Md Abdus Salam, and Md Anwar Hossain.
The chief assistant prison guards facing lawsuit were Md Jasim Uddin, Said ul Haque Khan, Md Billal Hossain, Ibrahim Kholil, Md Barkat Ullah, Md Enamul Haque, Md Sarwar Hossain, and the prison guards are Mozammel Haque, Jahidul Islam, Amir Hossain, Kamrul Islam, Shakil Miah, and Abdul Alam.
On Thursday the Prisons Directorate formed an investigation committee to look into the allegation over Destiny Group managing director's Zoom meeting from jail.
The three-member committee led by Deputy Inspector General of Prisons (Dhaka) Towhidul Islam has been directed to submit a report within seven working days.
On 31 July, 2012, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed two money laundering cases with Kalabagan police station against Rafiqul Amin. It brought allegation that Rafiqul did not produce the statement of his wealth of Tk18.29 crore.
On 28 January last year, a Dhaka court jailed Rafiqul Amin for three years in the case.
