A list of a total of 67 police officers, who were on duty at the immigration office of the Dhaka airport on the day when fugitive former NBR Global Bank managing director and also the former director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd (ILFSL) Prashanta Kumar Halder escaped from Bangladesh, was submitted before the High Court today.
The list was submitted before the bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim on Monday.
Deputy attorney general AKM Amin Uddin confirmed the matter to the media.
Earlier on March 10, the High Court asked the additional inspector general of the Special Branch to submit a list of police members deployed at the Benapole Land Port during the exit of Prashanta Kumar Halder, mostly known as PK Halder, from Bangladesh to enter India on October 23, 2019.
Earlier on February 15, the High Court inquired about how PK Halder fled the country even though his passport had been seized already.
The court also sought a list of officers who were on duty at the immigration office of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) while PK Halder fled abroad.
At the same time, the court also inquired about the latest development in the PK Halder case.
Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim’s bench passed the order after a list of 394 Bangladesh Bank officials who worked in three divisions of the central bank since 2010 was submitted before the court.
Earlier on January 21 this year, the HC sought a list of officials (from 2008 to 2020) in the ACC and three departments of Bangladesh Bank. It had also asked to investigate if the officials had failed in any way in preventing money laundering and whether any steps had been taken against them.
On October 21 last year, the ACC directed the authorities concerned to arrest PK Halder as soon as he returns to the country as he reportedly amassed 36 billion taka (3,600 crore taka) and laundered the money abroad while performing his duties as the director at ILFSL.
The ACC also filed a case against Halder over acquiring a wealth of approximately 2.75 billion taka (275 crore taka) beyond any known sources of income and money laundering on January 8, 2020.
The High Court on January 22, 2020, ordered the confiscation of the properties, freezing of bank accounts and passports of Halder and 19 others including his mother, wife and brother.
After hearing appeals of seven investors of ILFSL, the court also imposed restrictions on them from leaving the country.
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