HC orders to seize passports of 20

The High Court yesterday ordered to freeze bank accounts and seize passports of 20 people, including former managing director of NRB Global Bank and Reliance Finance Limited Proshanta Kumar 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.

The division bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar passed the order after hearing on a writ petition filed by two stock market investors.

The other 19 accused who have been barred to leave the country are: 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, Proshanta 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.