The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Shubhra Rani Ghosh, an associate of Prashanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, on charges of assisting the latter in money laundering and embezzlement.
Shubhra Rani, director of Wakama International Limited, was apprehended at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday morning.
An immigration official at the airport said that Shubhra landed at Dhaka from New York on a flight of Qatar Airways around 2am.
"Upon her arrival, the immigration database system detected her as one of the top listed suspects, as per information provided by the ACC. Later, we informed the commission about the matter," he said.
Shubhra remained in the custody of immigration police before being handed over to the commission, the official added.
A team led by ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan arrested Shubhra at the airport in the morning, said ACC Director (Media) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya.
She was brought to the commission headquarters at Segunbagicha for interrogation, he added.
According to the anti-graft watchdog, Shubhra embezzled Tk87.60 crore taken as loans from International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) in collaboration with PK Halder.
