A Dhaka court is set to deliver its verdict in a graft case filed against former director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd (ILFSL) Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, and 13 others over the laundering of Tk 80 crore to Canada and amassing about Tk 426 crore illegally.

After closing arguments, Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka's Special Judge Court-10 set the date for delivery of judgment in the case.

PK Halder, the prime accused of the case, was arrested in Ashoknagar, India, on May 14 last year.

The other accused included Sukumar Mridha, Anindita Mridha, Avantika Baral, Shankh Bepari, PK Halder's mother Lilavati Halder, Purnima Rani Halder, Uttam Kumar Mistri, Amitabh Adhikari, Pritish Kumar Halder, Rajib Som, Subrata Das, Anang Mohan Roy and Swapan Kumar Mistri.

Of them, Sukumar Mridha, Anindita Mridha, Avantika Baral and Shankh Bepari are now behind bars.

PK Halder, along with five others, were detained in Ashoknagar of the Indian State of West Bengal in the morning of May 14, 2022.
 
According to the case, Halder and his other associates have embezzled thousands of crores of Bangladeshi Taka and siphoned off to India and other countries.
 
On March 1, 2021, PK Halder fled Bangladesh through Jashore's Benapole land port.

In January, 2021, the ACC filed five cases against 33 people, including Halder, for allegedly laundering over Tk 350 crore of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL).
 
He had laundered about Tk 80 crore to Canada and amassed about Tk 426 crore beyond his known sources of income, the case documents said.

BDST: 0930 HRS, OCT 08, 2023
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