The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday nabbed a man in a case filed in connection with the money embezzled by the former managing director of NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder.
He was primarily identified as named Shankha Byapari.
Talking to the Bangladesh Post, ACC Director (Public Relations) Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya confirmed it.
According to him, ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Salauddin interrogated Shankha at the ACC office in the city from 12 to 2pm. Following the interrogation, he was shown arrested.
On January last year, ACC filed a case against Halder for amassing illegal wealth of around Taka 274 crore.
According to the case statement, he embezzled at least Tk11,000 crore from various organisations 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 misappropriated around Tk3,500 crore from ILFSL, Tk2,200 crore from FAS Finance, Tk2,500 crore from Reliance Finance, and around Tk3,000 crore from People's Leasing.
PK Halder also siphoned Tk1,000 crore to Canada, Singapore and India.
