The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case today against Pritish Kumar Halder, brother of Proshanta Kumar Halder, for amassing about Tk 4.84 crore beyond the known source of income.
The case was filed by ACC's Deputy Director Gulshan Anowar Prodhan.
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According to the case statement, Pritish, director of Anan Chemical Ltd, opened an income tax file in 2018-19. Till 2020-21, his income was Tk 41.97 lakh and family expenditure was Tk 9.5 lakh.
He declared earning the money from business and service but could not produce any documents in this regard in the income tax file.
Besides, he showed another Tk 3.5 crore as loan.
"But he did not mention who gave him the loan in the tax file," reads the case statement.
The ACC issued a notice to Pritish for submitting a wealth statement on April 04, 2021.
ACC constables went to Pritish's residence in Matibhanga union of Nazirpur of Pirojpur but found it locked. In the presence of three witnesses, ACC's members hung the notice on his door.
Another notice was issued on September 20, 2021 but the ACC did not get any reply.
Later, the ACC filed the case.
In May, India's Directorate of Enforcement (ED) arrested PK Halder and his associates including Pritish from West Bengal.
PK Halder, facing at least 36 cases for misappropriating over Tk 3,000 crore from financial institutions, has been staying in West Bengal by pretending to be an Indian citizen, with the alias Shibshankar Halder, after having managed to fraudulently obtain various government identities like ration card from West Bengal, Indian Voter ID card, Permanent Account Number, and multi-purpose Aadhar card.
