ACC pleads 22 years imprisonment for PK Halder

Court Correspondent :
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday sought 23 years of imprisonment for 14 including former Managing Director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar (PK) Halder in a case filed for allegedly amassing illegal wealth and laundering money abroad.

After the hearing on Wednesday, Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of
Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 fixed August 9 for the next hearing in the case.

“The ACC has been able to prove the graft charges made against 14 persons
including PK Halder. We expect them to be sentenced to 10 years under Section
27(1) of the Anti-corruption Commission Act, 2004 and 12 years under the provisions of the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012,” ACC Public Prosecutor (PP) Mir Ahmmed Salam told the media.
Besides, Halder, other 13 accused in the case are- Lilabati Halder, Purnima Rani Halder, Uttam Kumar Mistry, Amitabh Adhikari, Pritish Kumar