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. 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. On May 14 this year, PK Halder was arrested in Ashoknagar of India’s West Bengal.

Source: The Express Tribune September 22, 2022 18:00 UTC