The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday sent Bashudeb Banerjee, an associate of PK Halder and the then director of International Leasing and Financial Services, and his wife Paipa Banerjee, also a director of the ILFS, to jail in connection with 15 corruption cases.
Judge Mohammad Ash-Shams Joglul Hossain passed the order rejecting their bail petitions after the couple surrendered before the court, said Mosharraf Hossain Kazol, an Anti-Corruption Commission lawyer.
Prashanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, a former managing director of the NRB Global Bank, is reportedly involved in Tk 10,000 crore loan scam.
On May 14, 2022, PK Halder was arrested in Ashoknagar, India, on charges of money laundering, and he is now in jail there.
On May 23, the Supreme Court directed Bashudeb Banerjee and his wife to surrender before the trial court concerned by June 4 in connection with the cases filed under the Money Laundering Prevention Act.
The apex court also scrapped the High Court orders that granted anticipatory bail to Bashudeb and Papia in the cases.
It asked the lower court concerned to dispose of the bail petitions if they filed the petition after surrendering as per the law.
On May 9, the HC granted anticipatory bail to the couple in the cases and Papia in the cases for six weeks, saying that they cannot go aboard without the permission of the court.
The ACC filed the cases in 2021 on charges of embezzling and laundering Tk 750 crore.
Earlier on October 8, 2023, PK Halder was sentenced to 22 years imprisonment by Dhaka special judge court-10, in a case of money laundering and the acquisition of illegal wealth. 聽