The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a graft case against the former managing director of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) Rashedul Haque, a close associate of notorious scammer Prashanta Kumar Halder–also known as PK Halder.
ACC Assistant Director Rahul Amin filed the case at the commission’s Integrated District Office, Dhaka-1 on Thursday.
Earlier on March 29, Rashedul was given a confessional statement in a case against PK Halder. He was also accused of plundering thousands of crores of Taka from ILFSL.
In his confessional statement, Rashedul said that, as the ILFS managing director, he had paid PK Halder Tk200,000 per month at ILFSL employee Shah Alam’s direction.
He added that PK Halder used another ILFSL officer, SK Sur Chowdhury, to manage various irregularities
The graft watchdog was asked to submit a wealth statement on July 7, 2011, but the accused concealed his movable wealth information.
He submitted his immovable wealth worth only Tk2.58 crore– Tk92.99 lakh for share business, Tk10.50 lakh for DPS, Tk10 lakh in a savings account, Tk8.50 lakh for gold jewelry, Tk2 lakh for furniture, Tk3 lakh for electronics households, and Tk1.30 crore were in the bank account.
However, the commission did not find any bank loan against his name or any sources of over Tk55 lakh out of his obtained total amount of Tk5.77 crore.
A total of 37 cases have been registered against PK Halder and his associates by ACC so far.