HC issues travel ban against 25 accomplices of PK Halder

The High Court today issued travel ban against 25 accomplices of Proshanta Kumar Halder including his mother Lilaboti Halder so that Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) can question them about money laundering allegations.

During hearing a suo moto (voluntary) rule, the HC ordered the authorities concerned of the government to restrain them to leave the country till further order.

It also asked the ACC to quiz them in accordance with law if it feels necessary.

The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel came up with the order after five depositors of People's Leasing and Financial Service (PLFS), a non-banking financial institution, submitted the names of 25 accomplices of Proshanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, before it and said they assisted PK Halder to embezzle and launder huge amount of money from PLFS abroad.

The 24 other accomplices of PK Halder are: SK Sur, Harunur Rashid, Uzzal Kumar Nandi, Shami Huda, Amitavh Adhikary, Abontika Boral, Shamima, Runai, NI Khan, Sukumar Mridha, Anindita Mridha, Tapan Dey, Swapan Kumar Mistri, Avijit Chowdhury, Rajib Shom, Erfan Uddin Ahmed, Angan Mohan Roy, Nongo Chow Mong, Nizamul Ahsan, Manik Lal Somaddar, Sohel Shams, Mahbub Musa, AQ Siddique and Moazzem Hossain, Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik told The Daily Star.

The five depositors of PLFS, who provided the names of 25 accomplices of PK Halder, also submitted separate statements to the HC bench describing their plights and sufferings before the HC.

They said that they are not getting their deposited money back from PLFS after PK Halder and his accomplices have embezzled huge amount of money from the organisation and laundered it abroad.

ACC's lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan and DAG Amin Uddin Manik also submitted two separate reports to the HC saying that the ACC and government have sent relevant documents to the Interpol for issuing red alert on PK Halder and for arresting him.

The HC bench fixed January 20 for further hearing and passing order on this issue.