The investigating officer in the money laundering case filed against 14 people including former managing director of Global Islami Bank (formerly NRB Global) Prashanta Kumar (PK) Halder has testified in court on Wednesday. Deputy Director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Salahuddin testified as the last witness in the case in the court of Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-10. On January 8, 2020, the ACC filed a case against PK Halder for acquiring and smuggling illegal assets worth Tk275 crore. The investigation of the case has so far received information about embezzlement and smuggling of around Tk3,000 crore. On May 14 this year, PK Halder was arrested in Ashoknagar of India's West Bengal.
