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Travel ban issued against PK Halder’s mother, 24 others

The High Court has issued a travel ban against Lilaboti Halder, mother of Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, Director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd and 24 others.

A HC virtual bench of Justice Md Nazrul Uslam Talukder and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order on Tuesday. 

Earlier, on January 8, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against PK Halder for amassing illegal wealth of around Tk274 crore. He fled the country and is now in Canada. 

He is accused of embezzling Tk1,500 crore from the International Leasing and Financial Services Ltd. 

Halder also allegedly embezzled Tk3,500 crore from different financial agencies.