Home Minister: PK Halder to be brought back after officially informed by India
15 May 2022, 06:35 pm | Updated: 30 November 2024, 04:40 am
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said legal action will be taken against fugitive Bangladeshi businessman and former NRB Global Bank Managing Director Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder following the official announcement of his detainment by India.
"India does not inform Bangladesh anything about the arrest of PK Halder, who is a wanted in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi government has issued an arrest warrant against him through Interpol. If Indian officials inform us about his detainment, he will be brought back for legal action," he said.
He came up with the remarks while addressing a seminar on 'Sheikh Hasina's Homecoming: Reconstruction of History' at the National Press Club here.
PK Halder, along with five others, was detained from Ashoknagar in West Bengal of India on Saturday morning.
India's economic intelligence agency Directorate of Enforcement (ED) carried out search operations at various residential buildings linked to Halder's associates at Ashoknagar of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal in connection with a financial fraud of multi-million Taka, diplomatic sources said.
Six persons, including PK Halder, were picked up from Ashoknagar today, the sources confirmed.
