The High Court on Tuesday fixed June 12 for hearing on the ruling over the repatriation of Prashanta Kumar Halder, former managing director of NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance Limited, over money laundering charges.
Following a newspaper report, the High Court bench, headed by Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder, on November 19 in 2020 issued the Suo Moto rule asking the respondents to explain in 10 days why they should not be directed to take proper initiatives to bring back PK Halder and to arrest him.
A HC bench comprising of Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo also passed the order, asking the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to submit a report on the latest position of the graft cases against of Prashanta Kumar Halder, popularly known as PK Halder before it within June 12 this year.
Confirming the matter to the Financial Express, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan who was also present in the court during the hearing, said the HC asked the ACC to submit the latest position of the cases against PK Halder by the period.
Earlier, an initiative was taken to hold a hearing on a rule issued by the High Court about one and half years ago over the government steps to bring back Proshanta Kumar Halder, popularly known as PK Halder, to the country and to arrest him.
Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik, a concerned state counsel of this HC bench, attended the hearing in favour of the state.
Earlier on Monday, he also informed the court about the arrest of PK Halder in India and prayed to hold a hearing on the rule issued by the court as a Suo Moto (voluntary move). Then the court said that the rule will come in the Tuesday’s cause list of the court for the hearing.
Earlier, the HC bench also asked the respondents what steps have been taken to bring Proshanta Kumar Halder to the country and to arrest him. The chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), secretary of the home ministry and deputy commissioner of Dhaka had been asked to comply with the queries within 10 days.
PK Halder was arrested along with an associate last Saturday in West Bengal in India. He was arrested by the Indian Directorate of Enforcement, which investigates money laundering and violations of foreign exchange laws.
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