Bangladeshi, living illegally in India, arrested by ED for bank fraud in own country
India Today
ED arrested Proshanta Kumar Halder, a Bangladeshi national accused of Rs 9000 crore bank fraud in his own country, for living illegally in India.
Six people, including the mastermind behind a Rs 9,000 crore bank fraud in Bangladesh, have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under the anti-money laundering act, officials said.
Proshanta Kumar Halder, a Bangladeshi national who is accused of defrauding banks of his own country, is also being probed by the ED for forging his identity as an Indian citizen and then using the defrauded money to float businesses in India along with buying properties.
Before making the arrests, ED had carried out search operations at 11 premises linked to Bangladesh nationals - Proshanta Kumar Halder, Pritish Kumar Halder and their associates across the state of West Bengal.
Proshanta Kumar Halder was nabbed along with his five other associates during these searches.
“Proshanta Kumar Halder was found in the disguised identity of Indian Citizen as Shibshankar Halder. During searches it was revealed that he along with his other associates fraudulently obtained various government identities like ration card from, Indian voter ID card, PAN and Aadhar card,” said the ED.
ED has alleged that these Bangladesh nationals have also managed to float companies in India on the basis of fraudulently obtained identities and have even purchased properties in West Bengal.
“It has been further revealed that the subject case is an offence of Cross Border Implication under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act as Proshanta Kumar Halder has been found to be accused in over 10000 crore Bangladesh Taka (Rs 9000 crore) bank fraud in Bangladesh and alleged to have siphoned off money outside Bangladesh to various countries. Besides his Bangladesh and Indian passport, he was also found in possession of Grenada passport,” added the ED.
