New Delhi has yet to officially inform Dhaka of the arrest of Prashanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said. PK Halder was a wanted criminal in Bangladesh, he said, adding that the government had issued “an arrest warrant against him through Interpol”. Also ReadTwo others arrested during the raids were identified as Pritish Kumar Halder and Pranesh Kumar Halder. However, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said the authorities in Bangladesh had yet to receive official confirmation of PK Halder’s arrest. PK Halder laundered about Tk80 crore to Canada and amassed about Tk426 crore beyond his known sources of income.

Source: The Express Tribune May 15, 2022 15:40 UTC