C T Online Desk: A court in India on Sunday placed former NRB Global Bank Managing Director Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, who fled Bangladesh after embezzling several thousand crores of taka, and three others on a tree-day remand.
The court granted the remand after law enforcers filed a remand plea with a court in North 24 Pargana on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, PK Halder, his wife, two brothers and two others were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the central intelligence agency of India, in a drive which was conducted in three houses of fish trader Sukumar Mridha at Asheknagar in North 24-Parganas.
During his stay in India, PK Halder changed his name as Shibshankar Halder.
PK Halder has claimed himself as an Indian national. He obtained voter ID card, ‘Adhar’ card, ration card and some others by dishonest means, report Kolkata-based newspapers.
PK Halder has opened some companies in different parts of India, including in West Bengal. He also bought plots in posh areas of India, sources said.
Diplomatic sources said PK Halder has recently come to India from Canada. Bangladesh authorities informed the matter to Indian authorities.
Earlier in a press release on Friday, the ED said it was carrying out search operations in various residential buildings linked to Bangladesh nationals namely Proshanta Kumar Halder, Pritish Kumar Halder, Pranesh Kumar Halder and their associates across West Bengal.
PK Halder is wanted in 38 cases – one of the cases is under trial and investigation reports in two others were placed.
PK Halder swindled about Tk 10,000 from a number of banks and financial institutions and fled Bangladesh through Benapole land port on October 23, 2019.
He left the country within 24 hours after issuing a notification of travel ban on him.
The ACC sent a letter to the immigration police on October 22 in 2019 so that PK Halder could not leave the country.
Immigration police received the letter at 4:30pm on October 23. But, before receiving the letter, PK Halder left Benapole port at 3.38pm on the same day.
According to the ACC, PK Halder accumulated illegal wealth work about Tk 426 crore, laundered dollars to the tune of Tk 1.17 crore and was involved in suspicious transactions of about Tk 6,080 crore with various banks.
