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HC-SEIZURE-PASSPORT
HC orders to seize passports of 20
DHAKA, Jan 21, 2020 (BSS) – The High Court (HC) today ordered to freeze
bank accounts and seize passports of 20 including former managing director of
NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance Limited Prashant Kumar Halder better
known as PK Halder.
The court also appointed former central bank deputy governor Khondker
Ibrahim Khaled as the independent director and chairman of International
Leasing and Finance Service Limited to run the company.
A High Court division bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar
passed the order after holding hearing on a writ filed by two stock market
investors, pleading to get back their investments.
The other 19 accused, who have been barred to leave the country are-
present shareholder directors and top executives of International Leasing and
Finance Service Limited- MA Hashem, M Nurul Alam, Md Zahirul Alam, Nasim
Anwar, Bashudeb Banerjee, Papia Banerjee, Momtaz Begum, Md Nowsherul Islam,
Md Anwarul Kabir, Engr Md Nuruzzaman, Md Abul Hashem, Rashedul Haque,, PK
Halder’s mother Lilaboti Halder, brother Pritish Kumar Halder, wife Susmita
Saha, cousins Amitav Adhikari, Abhijit Adhikari, former managing director of
Bank Asia Erfanuddin Ahmed and one Uzzal Kumar Nandi.
BSS/DA/MHR/IJ/1756 hrs