Attorney General: PK Halder’s assets to be confiscated to pay back people’s money

Attorney General (AG) AM Amin Uddin on Sunday said Bangladesh will explore all possible options to bring back PK Halder and confiscate his assets to pay back the money he allegedly siphoned off to India and other countries.

PK Halder was arrested by India’s Directorate of Enforcement (ED) from Ashoknagar of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal on Saturday.

“We will explore all possible options to bring him back to the country. We can seek the help of Interpol. There is also the extradition treaty,” AM Amin Uddin told reporters at his office in Dhaka.He also said that steps would be taken to confiscate the assets of the former managing director of NRB Global Bank, PK Halder, to pay back people’s money that he allegedly siphoned off to India and other countries.

PK Halder’s assets have been confiscated in India as well, he added.

About PK Halder’s arrest in India and steps taken to bring back him to Bangladesh, Amin Uddin mentioned that Halder would be tried under the Indian law for fraud as he obtained a false citizenship certificate there.According to media reports, after PK Halder’s arrest in India’s Ashoknagar in West Bengal on Saturday, law enforcers recovered an Indian ration card, voter ID card and Aadhar card.

The attorney general said: “We have a money laundering case pending here. Action will be taken to bring him back to complete the trial process in that case. We’re hopeful about bringing him back at the earliest.

He said PK Halder was arrested based on the information provided by Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU)