Staff Reporter :
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday informed the High Court that they had taken all kind of measures to bring back Proshanta Kumar Halder, widely known as PK Halder, to the country and the Interpol, The International Police Organization, would issue red alert against him anytime.
Lawyer of the ACC Khurshid Alam Khan informed the matter HC Bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel while holding hearing on a Suo Moto
(voluntary move) rule issued in this regard.
Meanwhile, the court has included four persons who had been victimized by the PK Halder and his cohorts as the parties of the case. The court asked them to file written applications in the court.
Dr Nashid Kamal, daughter of former chief justice Mustafa Kamal, freedom fighter Shawkat ur Rahman, Samia Begum and another one, who invested their money in the People’s Leasing and Financial Services Limited, a non banking financial organization, prayed to the court to get back their money.
They also made allegations against Bangladesh Bank for not cooperating them while taking legal steps against PK Halder over money laundering. The High Court fixed January 5 for further hearing on the issue.
Earlier on December 9 last year, the HC ordered the ACC to submit a report by January 3 on the progress of the investigation into the money laundering cases filed against PK Halder, and on the steps taken to arrest and bring him back to the country.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan took part in the hearing on behalf of the ACC, while deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the State.
Following some newspaper reports, the HC on November 19 last year wanted to know from the respondents what steps have been taken to bring back PK Halder to the country and to arrest him.
In reply the ACC on December 2 submitted a report stating the latest situation of the initiatives for arresting PK Halder.
Halder while officiating as the Managing Director of Reliance Finance Ltd, a non-banking financial institution, had made his relatives directors of three other leasing companies to swindle money.
Together, they had allegedly misappropriated an estimated Tk 35 billion from four NBFIs and left the country last year, the ACC found in its enquiry.
The NBFIs are ILFSL, Peoples’ Leasing and Financial Services Ltd, Reliance Finance Ltd and FAS Finance and Investment Ltd.
According to investigation officers, Halder created some businesses that existed only on paper. He then took loans using those businesses and got away. Later, the anti-graft body had frozen as many 83 accounts where the said amount of money had been transferred.
Recently International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) informed the HC on October 21 this year that PK Halder would come back to the country on October 25 this year, but he didn’t.
His lawyer on October 24 informed the Attorney General through an email that PK Halder was not able to come back to the country as he had been affected with Covid-19.
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday informed the High Court that they had taken all kind of measures to bring back Proshanta Kumar Halder, widely known as PK Halder, to the country and the Interpol, The International Police Organization, would issue red alert against him anytime.
Lawyer of the ACC Khurshid Alam Khan informed the matter HC Bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel while holding hearing on a Suo Moto
(voluntary move) rule issued in this regard.
Meanwhile, the court has included four persons who had been victimized by the PK Halder and his cohorts as the parties of the case. The court asked them to file written applications in the court.
Dr Nashid Kamal, daughter of former chief justice Mustafa Kamal, freedom fighter Shawkat ur Rahman, Samia Begum and another one, who invested their money in the People’s Leasing and Financial Services Limited, a non banking financial organization, prayed to the court to get back their money.
They also made allegations against Bangladesh Bank for not cooperating them while taking legal steps against PK Halder over money laundering. The High Court fixed January 5 for further hearing on the issue.
Earlier on December 9 last year, the HC ordered the ACC to submit a report by January 3 on the progress of the investigation into the money laundering cases filed against PK Halder, and on the steps taken to arrest and bring him back to the country.
Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan took part in the hearing on behalf of the ACC, while deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the State.
Following some newspaper reports, the HC on November 19 last year wanted to know from the respondents what steps have been taken to bring back PK Halder to the country and to arrest him.
In reply the ACC on December 2 submitted a report stating the latest situation of the initiatives for arresting PK Halder.
Halder while officiating as the Managing Director of Reliance Finance Ltd, a non-banking financial institution, had made his relatives directors of three other leasing companies to swindle money.
Together, they had allegedly misappropriated an estimated Tk 35 billion from four NBFIs and left the country last year, the ACC found in its enquiry.
The NBFIs are ILFSL, Peoples’ Leasing and Financial Services Ltd, Reliance Finance Ltd and FAS Finance and Investment Ltd.
According to investigation officers, Halder created some businesses that existed only on paper. He then took loans using those businesses and got away. Later, the anti-graft body had frozen as many 83 accounts where the said amount of money had been transferred.
Recently International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) informed the HC on October 21 this year that PK Halder would come back to the country on October 25 this year, but he didn’t.
His lawyer on October 24 informed the Attorney General through an email that PK Halder was not able to come back to the country as he had been affected with Covid-19.
