The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Abantika Boral, an alleged girlfriend of Prashanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, the man who left the country after reportedly amassing at least 3,600 crore taka.
A team of the ACC led by Deputy Director Md Salauddin arrested her from the capital's Dhanmondi area on Wednesday afternoon.
Earlier on December 20, 2020, ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan revealed that information of around 70-80 girlfriends of swindling sultan PK Halder was found by the anti-graft body.
PK Halder’s money was transferred to his girlfriends’ bank accounts too and they may also be brought under investigation, he said, adding that charges will be framed against those girlfriends if they are found guilty and it depends on investigation.
Later on January 8 this year, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) issued a red notice against PK Halder after Bangladesh Police on January 4 requested Interpol to issue the alert against him.
A red notice alerts police worldwide about internationally wanted fugitives, but it is not an arrest warrant.
The notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action, Interpol says.
However, such notices help bring fugitives to justice, sometimes many years after the original crime was committed. And Interpol issued 13,377 red notices in 2019.
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