Staff Correspondent

Investigators have found Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder’s involvement in fishy transactions worth about Tk 6,080 crore with different bank accounts of the country.

During the investigation of a case, the Anti-Corruption Commission found that Halder laundered about Tk 80 crore to Canada and amassed about Tk 426 crore beyond the known sources of income.

On January 8 this year, the anti-graft body filed the case against Halder on charges of illegally amassing wealth.

Thirteen other people including Lilaboti Halder, Abantika Baral, Shankha Bepari, Sukumar Mridha, Anindita Mridha, Purnima Rani Halder, Uttam Kumar Mistri, Amitav Adhikari, Pritish Kumar Halder, Rajib Som, Subrata Das, Ananga Mohon Roy and Swapan Kumar Mistri stand accused in the case.

The ACC will file the chargesheet in the case soon, said ACC Secretary Anwar Hossain Howlader at a press briefing yesterday.

The investigation officer has submitted their findings and the Commission has approved the chargesheet, he said.