Dhaka, May 21 -- Destiny Group, mired in controversy for its multilevel marketing business, has urged the authorities to unfreeze its bank accounts on humanitarian grounds, sources say.

The humanitarian grounds include paying salaries, allowances, and bonuses to its employees, as well as making refunds to its investors, ahead of Eid-Ul-Adha.

Chief Executive Officer of Destiny Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society Limited Mohammad Rafiqul Amin has sent a letter to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in this regard.

The request, sent on May 17, said the money was needed to clear the employees' outstanding salaries and facilitate partial refunds to the retail investors.

Amin claimed Destiny Group had fallen victim to political vendetta and aggres...