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Destiny Outcry

Harun quits forum of war heroes

Staff Correspondent
Lt Gen (retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid stepped down as member secretary of
Sector Commanders Forum yesterday following reports in a section of media accusing him of using the forum for the business of Destiny-2000Ltd.
“I do not want to make any trouble for the Sector Commanders Forum. That is why, I resigned,” Gen Harun, also the president of Destiny-2000 Ltd, told The Daily Star over the phone.
He said he sent his resignation letter through a messenger to the forum's Chief Air Vice-Marshal (retd) AK Khandker, who is also the planning minister of the present government.
Established in 2007, the Sector Commanders Forum (SCF) launched a vigorous movement demanding trial of war criminals of 1971.
Asked whether his resignation will weaken the movement, Gen Harun, also a former army chief, said he had resigned since the allegation was raised against him.
When asked to comment on Gen Harun's resignation, Maj Gen (retd) KM Safiullah, one of the surviving sector commanders and a member of the SCE said Gen Harun was doing very important task beingapart of the forum.
"There may have an ill-motive to malign the image of Harun by making fabricated news reports on him. Whatever decision Harun has taken, it is praiseworthy," said Gen Safilullah, also a former army chief.
Harun's resignation came following a number of reports published in different newspapers recently, bringing allegation against him that he has been using the forum in his personal interests, particularly to serve the business of Destiny-2000 Ltd, a multi-level marketing (MLM) company, which is accused of illegal banking and other irregularities.
A Bangladesh Bank (BB) inquiry recently found proof of illegal banking by Destiny Multipurpose Co-operative Society, a sister concern of Destiny.
According to the BB probe report, illegal banking by the company is creating disorder in thecountry’sfinancial sector.
The company is involved in banking activities — from deposit collection to lending — illegally. It has around 70 lakh members and set a target to take the number to 1
crore by this year, the BB probe revealed.
The probe also found a link between the current liquidity crisis in the banking sector and the booming MLM business.
DESTINY GROUP
CHAIRMAN MEETS NBR MEMBER
A team of Destiny officials led by its Chairman Mohammad Rafiqul Amin met National Board of Revenue (NBR) Member Md Alauddin yesterday.
The delegation appealed the tax authority to unfreeze the bank accounts of Destiny's top brass. NBR, however, denied the plea, said an NBR official.
Instead, the NBR informed Destiny top officials about the tax-related irregularities of the MLM company.
The tax authority earlier froze bank accounts of Destiny Group's five directors, including its chairman.
It also collected information on bank accounts of all directors of the group and its concerns in a bid to examine whether the MLM firm has evaded tax.