Official Info Yet to Receive about PK Halder: Home Min

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said that the government has not yet received any official information about Prashanta Kumar (PK) Halder, former managing director (MD) of NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance Limited, who was arrested in India.

"We know that PK Halder has been arrested in India," he said. "However, we have not yet received any official information about him. We will take legal action."

He was responding to a question from reporters after a seminar on "Sheikh Hasina's Homecoming: Reconstruction of History" organized by the Bangladesh Progressive Columnist Forum at the National Press Club on Sunday (May 15) at 11am.

Referring to PK Halder as a wanted person in Bangladesh, the Home Minister said, "We have been looking for him through Interpol for a long time. He has been arrested. However, we have not yet received any official (information).

Earlier on Saturday (May 14), six people, including PK Halder, were arrested from Ashoknagar in West Bengal. The other five arrested are Uttam Mitra, Swapan Mitra, Sanjeev Halder, Pranesh Halder (Pritish) and his wife.

Meanwhile, the Bankshall Special CBI Court of India has granted a three-day remand to PK Halder. Six people, including PK Halder, were produced in the Bankshall CBI court late on Saturday night. The court then remanded them for three days.