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Prashant Kumar Haldar, former managing director (MD) of NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance, has also lost the corruption fairy tale. He has abused his power from position to corruption.
Not only himself, but also his mother, wife, brother and other family members and relatives have been complicit in this corruption. Bangladesh Bank's Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), National Board of Revenue's Intelligence Cell (CIC) and various agencies and Jugantar's investigation has revealed the corruption of Prashant Kumar Haldar.
It shows that Prashant Kumar has amassed at least Rs 5,000 crore in illicit assets using his title. Of this, three to three and a half thousand crore rupees have been smuggled abroad. The rest of the money is movable and immovable assets. However, there is no legitimate source of income.
His investment in the star hotel in Cox's Bazar is several hundred crores. He has invested Tk 300 crore in the name of a crocodile (raptiles) farm in Bhaluka, Mymensingh. Opposite the IBA Hostel on Green Road near Farmgate in the capital, he has three and a quarter bighas of land worth Rs 400 crore.
The land was bought in the name of Prashant Kumar and some of his close relatives. Narayanganj has 300 acres of land. The value of the land is 150 crore rupees. The whole land was bought in the name of Prashant. He has 5 lakh shares in Northern Jute Mills. Its current market value is Rs 25 crore as Rs 500 per share.
He has an additional investment of Rs 100 crore in the chemical business. Thus in many ways he has invested illegal money. When the matter came to light, he withdrew some of the investment money. He removed money by opening anonymous institutions.
According to the investigation, Prashant Kumar Haldar has earned Tk 12 crore 46 lakh in his legal life including salary and allowance. The way in which he earned the remaining thousands of crores of rupees is a wonderful event. According to sources, he has been in charge of big financial institutions.
Until 2006, Prashant Kumar Haldar was the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) at IIDFC. In 2009, he became the MD of Reliance Finance. In July 2015, NRB joined Global Bank as MD.
The two brothers opened a company called Hal Trip Technology in India in 2016, one of the directors of which was Pritish Kumar Haldar. At various times he has removed the money deposited by the customers of the institutions. As a result, several thousand customers are sitting on the road. They are also demanding justice for Prashant.
According to the central bank report, Prashant Kumar Haldar and his various institutions have accumulated about Tk 1,600 crore as banks. Of these, Tk 1,200 crore was deposited as three institutions, Tk 240 crore as Prashant Kumar Haldar's own and Tk 160 crore as his mother Lilavati Haldar.
According to the investigation data, only less than Tk 10 crore has been deposited as such. In other words, they have smuggled these money out of the country. On the other hand, Prashant Kumar Haldar has taken out Rs 2,000 crore from an organization called International Leasing. He also removed this money.
When Prashant Kumar Haldar's name came up in the recent anti-casino campaign, various agencies including the ACC came under investigation. At the request of the ACC, BFIU prepared a special report on Prashant Kumar Haldar's money transactions. It also paints a picture of widespread irregularities, corruption and forgery.
Asked about the investigation into the corruption, ACC chairman Iqbal Mahmud said the illegal assets in the country have been brought under investigation. We have to think about what can be done about the money smuggled out of the country.
Once the money goes to the illegal channel, it is a little difficult to seize or return the money. Even then, in the interest of the investigation, every effort will be made to recover the smuggled money.
Prashant Kumar Haldar is currently on the run abroad. Although he was banned from traveling abroad. However, it is known that he escaped before it took effect. An arrest warrant has been issued against him. The ACC wants to bring him back to the country and focus on corruption.
According to sources, he fled at least Rs 5,000 crore from various financial sectors of the country. Prashant Kumar Haldar removed the money from four institutions. These are International Leasing and Financial Services, People's Leasing and Financial Services, FAS Finance and Investment and Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company (BIFC).
People's Leasing has already ended. Prashant opened the institution on multiple papers and removed the money. Among the paper companies are P&L International, P&L Agro, P&L Venture, P&L Business Enterprise, Hull International, Hull Travel, Hull Trip, Hull Capital, Hull Technology.
Besides, he has taken money in the name of several other companies including Annan Chemical, Northern Jute, Sukhada Limited, Reptile Farm. In order to occupy the institution, he has opened numerous companies anonymously, bought huge amount of shares from the stock market, and also removed money from the occupied financial institution in the name of loans.
He has even opened companies outside the country. These organizations are owned by Prashant Kumar Haldar's mother Lilabati Haldar, brother Pritish Kumar Haldar and his wife Susmita Saha, cousin Amitabh Adhikari, Abhijit Adhikari and other relatives.
According to a source, several dishonest officials of Bangladesh Bank have given support and assistance in various ways to the illegal activities of Prashant Kumar Haldar. That is why their case is also being brought under investigation.
ACC Assistant Director Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury on January 6 filed a case against Prashant Kumar Haldar alleging illegal acquisition of assets worth Tk 265 crore. In the case, it was mentioned that he had deposited Tk 1,835.65 crore in various banks related to his own interests and it was said that he had withdrawn the money at different times.
The case is being investigated by ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan. It is learned that the investigating officer has applied to the court for the seizure of all the illegal assets mentioned in the case apart from the issue of arrest warrant against Prashant Kumar Haldar.
If you want to know the international anti-corruption organization Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB) Executive Director. Iftekharuzzaman told Jugantar that there are two issues here. First, to prevent corruption and bring back money laundering.
He said those involved in corruption are always extremely powerful, both indirectly and directly. It involves a lot of energy. As a result, it is a matter of political decision whether action will be taken against them.
Second, it was very difficult to bring back previously smuggled money. Nowadays it has become a bit easier. There have been many laws, especially at the national and international levels. These laws were not seen to be enforced.
The executive director of the TIB added that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the National Board of Revenue, the Financial Intelligence Unit and the Attorney General's Office would have to work together to recover the money.
According to sources, Prashant Kumar is in the name of Rajib Soum of Haldar Reptiles Farm Limited and P&L International and his wife Shimu Roy. Whose real owner is Prashant. Besides, APK Haldar, Avantika Baral, Preetish Kumar Haldar and Sushmita Saha have investments in Sukhada Limited.
Ujjwal Kumar Nandi and Amitabh Adhikari have investments in the name of Northern Jute Manufacturing Company. Niaz Rahman Shakib and Istiaq Rahman Imran, two sons of Siddiqur Rahman and his wife Mahfuza Rahman of Simtex Industries, also showed investment of several crores in the name of another official Insan Ali Sheikh.
Prashant Kumar's Aziz Fabrics used the names of P&L International and Ramprasad Roy anonymously and Anan Chemical Industries used the names of Abhijit Adhikari Tirtha and Pritish Kumar invested illegally earned crores of rupees. Investigators said the full amount of these anonymous investments was illegal. These illegal money will be confiscated.