The High Court has ordered today the law enforcing agencies to arrest Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, former Managing Director of NRB Global Bank, Reliance Finance immediately after he lands at the Shahjalal international airport.
High Court bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar passed the order on Wednesday.
Advocate Mahfuzur Rahman stood for the petitioner while Advocate Khurshid Alam represented the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Earlier on September 7, PK Halder, disgraced Director of International Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (ILFSL), filed an appeal before the High Court on Monday seeking security on his return to the country.
The swindling sultan Halder reportedly amassed Tk 3,600 crore and laundered the money abroad while performing his duties as the Director of ILFSL.
Besides, on January 8, ACC also filed a case against Halder for acquiring wealth of approximately Tk 274,91,55,355 (almost Tk 275 crore) beyond any known income sources and money laundering.
In his appeal filed before the bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar, PK Haldar who fled to Canada after amassing and siphoning the money, said that he wanted to return for providing help to recover the amassed money of ILFSL and sought security for his safety on return.
The High Court on January 22 ordered the confiscation of properties, freezing of bank accounts and passports of Halder, also the former Managing Director of NRB Global Bank Ltd and 19 others organizations mostly paper based and named after his mother, wife and brother.
After hearing appeals of seven investors of ILFSL, the court also imposed restrictions on them to leave the country but Haldar managed to escape.
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