A Dhaka court on Thursday began the trial of a case against former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, and 13 others in a case filed over laundering money abroad and amassing illegal wealth.
Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 recorded statement of complainants and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury.
The court also fixed October 13 for cross-examining the complainant as the defence counsel sought time.
On September 8, the same court framed charges against PK Halder, his mother Lilabati Halder, Purnima Rani Halder, Uttam Kumar Mistry, Amitabh Adhikari, Pritish Kumar Halder, Rajib Som, Subrata Das, Ananga Mohan Roy, Swapan Kumar Mistry, Avantika Baral, Shankha Bepari, Sukumar Mridha and Anindita Mridha.
Among them Avantika Baral, Shankha Bepari, Sukumar Mridha and Anindita Mridha are in jail.
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.
