Dhaka Bureau: The court sentenced Prashant Kumar (PK) Halder, former managing director of Global Islami (formerly NRB Global) Bank, to 22 years in prison in the defense hearing in the case of illegal wealth acquisition and money laundering.
Today, Sunday (October 8), Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam’s court of Special Judge Court-10 of Dhaka announced the verdict. Section 27(1) of the ACC Act provides 10 years of imprisonment, and the Money Laundering Act provides 12 years.
Before this, the taking of evidence in the case ended on July 20. The court accepted the testimony of 99 out of 106 witnesses in the case.
On January 8, 2020, ACC Deputy Director Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury filed a case against PK Halder on charges of illegal wealth acquisition and money laundering.
According to the statement of the case, PK Halder has illegal assets worth Tk in his possession.
Besides, he also committed an offense under the Money Laundering Act by smuggling the money abroad to hide it. After investigating the case, ACC Deputy Director Salahuddin filed a charge sheet against 14 people.
Another 13 accused have been sentenced to 7 years in prison. The accused are PK Halder’s mother, Lilavati Halder, Poornima Rani Halder, Uttam Kumar Mistry, Amitabh Adhikari, Pritish Kumar Halder, Rajiv Som, Subrata Das, Anang Mohan Roy, Swapan Kumar Mistry, Avantika Baral, Shankh Bepari, Sukumar Mrida, and Anindita Mrida. Among the accused, Avantika Baral, Shankh Bepari, Sukumar Mridha, and Anindita Mridha are in jail. PK Haldar and the other 10 accused are absconding.
