PK Halder's trial begins, S. Rumors of being involved with the Alam Group

Prashant Kumar Halder alias PK Halder, arrested on charges of embezzlement and smuggling of thousands of crores of rupees from Bangladesh, the trial process of other accused has started. The case came up before Judge Prasanna Mukherjee of Special ED Court-1 of Kolkata's City Sessions Court on Saturday (August 31).

The court fixed September 25 as the next date of appearance. On this day, the bail application of another accused in the case, Amana Sultana alias Sharmi Halder, was withdrawn by their lawyer Biswajit Manna. However, no reason was given. On the other hand, PK Halder's brother Pranesh Kumar Halder's bail application has been filed in Calcutta High Court. The bail application will be heard there on September 9.

In this important case, S. of Bangladesh. The ED's lawyer said that the issue of involvement of Alam group has come up, these are all pending matters. is with the court. When the case is heard, His Highness will judge the court.

When asked some more questions about the case while leaving the court, Biswajit Manna said 'It is not yet time to tell.'

ED lawyer Arijit Chakraborty said that the next hearing of the case is on September 25. The lawyer of ED said that the issue of involvement of S Alam Group of Bangladesh in this important case has come up, these are pending matters. is with the court. When the case is heard, the court will judge it. Testimony will begin in the next few days. We have entered the trial process of this case. Let's see what happens in the trial.

Incidentally, on May 14, 2022, PK Halder was arrested from Rajarhat in West Bengal by India's investigative agency 'Enforcement Directorate' (ED). Besides, 5 more associates of PK Halder – his brother Pranesh Halder, Swapan Mistry alias Swapan Maitra, Uttam Mistry alias Uttam Maitra, Imam Hossain alias Eamon Halder and Amana Sultana alias Sharmi Halder were arrested in various parts of the state. Already, the hearing of the Money Laundering Act-2002 case against 6 accused including PK Haldar is going on in the City Sessions Court (Bankshal) of Kolkata. The five accused are in Kolkata's Presidency Jail as per the court order. The only female accused is in the female cell of the Alipore court.

Bangladesh /KH