Sensational money launderer P K Halder arrested in India

The prime accused of NRB Global Bank financial scam and money launderer worth more than thousand crore taka Prashanta Kumar Halder ( PK Halder) has been arrested in India, sources said.

Indian central intelligence agency Enforcement Directorate has claimed that PK halder was arrested while conducting a drive in West Bengal state in the morning on Saturday.

Earlier, the agency mentioned that huge amount of wealth was unearthed allegedly owned by PK Halder and his associate Sukumar Mridha.

On Friday Enforcement Directorate conducted drive at a time in nine spots in West Bengal state.

It was informed that the Indian central intelligence agency became active after obtaining specific information and message from the Bangladesh government. Huge amount of money was spent to buy different types of establishments in the name of Sukumar Mridha which was sent by PK Halder who has been wanted in Bangladesh. The Enforcement Directorate found huge amount of wealth named after Sukumar Mridha who is a fish trader by profession while the agency was gathering information about PK Halder.

Meanwhile, about one month earlier former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor SK Sur and former executive director Shah Alam were interrogated over the allegation of associating PK Halder to launder money abroad. One accused earlier gave confessional statement noting that these two former officials associated PK Halder to misappropriate money from different financial organizations.

Mentionable, so far 34 cases have been filed in connection with the embezzlement of funds of different financial organizations. The Anti Corruption Commission so far arrested 12 individuals for associating PK Halder. Of them 10 accused have delivered confessional statement before the court.

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