PK Halder: Explain officials’ failure to stop graft, swindling
The High Court yesterday released the full text of its order in a suo moto rule seeking explanations from Bangladesh Bank why its officials concerned failed to detect and prevent irregularities, corruption, and money laundering and about steps taken against them.
Bangladesh Bank is directed to supply the names, status, and addresses of the officers, who were functioning in its departments concerned from January 1, 2008, to January 1, 2020, and to submit a report on why it failed to detect and prevent the irregularities, illegalities, corruption and money laundering offences during such a long time, the HC said in the full text of its order.
The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim also ordered the central bank to submit the report to it by February 15.
The court had pronounced the order on January 21 while holding hearing on a suo moto (voluntary) rule issued earlier in this regard.
The same day, the HC bench rejected a petition, filed by Md Asaduzzaman Khan, provisional liquidator of People's Leasing and Financial Services (PLFS) Limited and also the deputy general manager of the central bank, seeking to become a party in the case.
Issuing the suo moto rule, the bench on November 19 last year wanted to know from the authorities concerned what steps were taken to bring home Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, from abroad in connection with a money laundering case.
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