ACC Deputy Director Md Salahuddin, the investigating officer in the case filed against 14 individuals, including Prashant Kumar (PK) Halder, on charges of illegal wealth acquisition and money laundering, faced rigorous interrogation by defence lawyers on Sunday.
The interrogation was held in the court of Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-10. The court fixed the date of the rest of the interrogation on June 7.
Of the 106 witnesses in the case, 99 have completed their testimony ACC lawyer Mir Ahmed Ali Salam said.
On this day, three accused Shankh Bepari, Sukumar Mridha and Anindita Mridha were produced before the court.
The remaining absconding accused individuals are PK Halder's mother, Lilabati Halder, Purnima Rani Halder, Uttam Kumar Mistry, Amitabh Adhikari, Pritish Kumar Halder, Rajiv Som, Subrata Das, Anang Mohan Roy, and Swapan Kumar Mistry.
On January 8, 2020, the ACC filed a case against PK Halder for acquiring and smuggling illegal assets worth Tk275 crore.
The investigation officers of the case have uncovered information about embezzlement and smuggling of around Tk3,000 crore.
On May 14 this year, PK Halder was arrested in Ashoknagar of India's West Bengal.
