ACC confiscates huge properties of PK Halder

ACC confiscates huge properties of PK Halder

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday confiscated properties in the name of former NRB Global Bank Limited managing director Prasanta Kumar Halder, including about 7,080 decimals of land.

The commission investigator M Salahuddin confirmed New Age that he had recently seized hundreds of deeds from Narayangaj area relating to the properties.

He said that he seized the properties following a court order on the day while the price of the properties is yet to be estimated.

He said that there were huge lands in Narayanganj, Narsingdi, and Dhaka.

Of the properties, the investigator also confiscated a 10-storey building at Uttara in the capital.

PK Halder is wanted in a corruption case filed by ACC in January 2020 on charge of money laundering and amassing wealth worth Tk 274.91 crore beyond his known sources of income.

He had allegedly embezzled over Tk 10,000 crore by taking loans from different financial institutions in the name of companies owned by him and his family members.