The investigating officer in the money laundering case filed against 14 people including former managing director of Global Islami Bank (formerly NRB Global) Prashanta Kumar (PK) Halder has testified in court on Wednesday.
Deputy Director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Salahuddin testified as the last witness in the case in the court of Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-10.
After the statement of deputy director Salahuddin, the defence lawyers cross-examined him. However, as it did not end on this day, the court fixed the date of his remaining testimony and interrogation on February 1.
ACC lawyer Mir Ahmed Ali Salam confirmed the information, adding that the testimony of 99 out of 106 people in the case has been completed.
On January 8, 2020, the ACC filed a case against PK Halder for acquiring and smuggling illegal assets worth Tk275 crore. The investigation of the case has so far received information about embezzlement and smuggling of around Tk3,000 crore.
He is the former managing director of NRB Global Bank. At the same time, he controlled four other financial institutions - International Leasing and Financial Services (ILFSL), People's Leasing and Financial Services, FAS Finance and Investment Limited and Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company (BIFC).
On May 14 this year, PK Halder was arrested in Ashoknagar of India's West Bengal.