ACC on Thursday summoned two senior officials of Bangladesh Bank in connection with the case against PK Haldar for laundering Tk 2,500 crore from International Leasing using non-existent organisations
They were former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank SK Sur and its former executive director Shah Alam, ACC sources said.
ACC Deputy Director Md Gulshan Anwar Pradhan sent the notices to their home address on Thursday.
SK Sur and Shah Alam have been asked to appear at the ACC head office on March 29 to give their statements.
Earlier, five officers at the level of deputy director, and joint director of Bangladesh Bank have been questioned. All legal proceedings are ongoing.
In January last year, ACC filed a case against Halder for amassing illegal wealth of around Tk 274 crore. According to the case statement, he embezzled at least Tk 11,000 crore from various organi
sations and financial institutions. According to ACC sources, the amount of embezzled money may increase as the investigation progresses.
Among the institutions, he and his accomplices had misappropriated around Tk 3,500 crore from ILFSL, Tk 2,200 crore from FAS Finance, Tk 2,500 crore from Reliance Finance, and around Tk 3,000 crore from People's Leasing.
PK Halder also siphoned off Tk 1,000 crore to Canada, Singapore and India.
