Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday arrested two more cohorts of Prashanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder.
The arrestees are Sukumar Mridha and his daughter Anindita Mridha. Both are on the list of 25 individuals who the ACC imposed a travel ban on.
Director (public relations) of the ACC Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya confirmed the arrests to The Business Post.
Deputy director of the ACC Md Salauddin showed them arrested after interrogating them in connection with PK Halder's money laundering case. During the grilling, the duo provided the investigators with important information about the scam, said Pranab Kumar Bhattachariya.
The ACC already froze bank accounts of the father-daughter duo and 60 other individuals who are believed to be partners of PK Halder in swindling money from different financial institutions and possessing wealth beyond legal income sources.
Earlier on January 13, the anti-graft body arrested another cohort of PK Halder, Abantika Boral from capital's Dhanmondi area and later produced her to the court and sought three days remand to grill her and court granted the ACC prayer.
ACC lawyer in December 2020 told the media that PK Halder had 70 to 80 girlfriends who assisted him to hide the swindled money and Abantika Boral is believed one of them.
Earlier, ACC secretary Dr M Anwar Hossen Halder said, “Amid the ongoing investigation into PK Halder's money laundering and acquiring illegal wealth, our investigators so far came to know that PK Halder laundered 3,600 crore taka in home and abroad by the 62 confidants.”
PK Halder is allegedly involved with amassing at least 3,600 crore taka through different irregularities and money laundering.
The ACC on January 2020 filed a case against PK Halder over the allegations of acquiring illegal wealth worth 274.91 crore taka earned through misappropriating money from different financial institutions.
ACC investigation so far revealed that PK Halder, now residing in Canada, acquired massive amounts of wealth in home and abroad which could be as much as 10,000 crore taka.
The institution sought help from Interpol to bring back PK Halder to the country to face justice.
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