The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today claimed that former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanto Kumar Haldar, now in abroad, had a shady transaction of about Tk 1,636 crore at his personal and interest-related bank accounts at different periods.

Of the Tk 1,636 crore, Proshanto had transactions of about Tk 240.87 crore in his accounts, Tk 160 crore on his mother’s account and Tk 1,235.7 crore at his interest-related different other banking accounts, the ACC found.

“He later withdrew the money and transferred, transformed and handed over the money in a bid to conceal it, which is tantamount to the punishable offence under the Money Laundering Act,” read a case document.

ACC today filed a case against Proshanto for amassing about Tk 274.51 crore beyond the known sources of income.

ACC’s Assistant Director Mamunur Rashid Choudhury filed the case with its integrated district office in Dhaka.

According to the case statement, Proshanta, now at large, has immoveable properties worth about Tk 187.78 crore. Of the amount, he has invested about Tk 123.54 crore at Lipro International.

He bought about 589 decimal lands in Mymensingh at about Tk 1 crore.

In the enquiry, ACC found that there were investments worth about Tk 67.35 crore in eight companies. Of these, he has investment about Tk 5.69 crore at Reptiles Farm Ltd, Tk 30 lakh at Sukhada Ltd, Tk 30 lakh at Northern Jute Manufacturing Co Ltd, Tk 23.38 crore at Simtex Industries Ltd, Tk 62.88 lakh at Aziz Fabrics, about Tk 31.45 crore at Clewiston Foods and Accommodation Ltd, and about Tk 70 lakh at Rahman Chemicals, among others.

Besides, documents showed that Proshanto has another Tk 32.25 crore worth moveable properties, read the FIR.

The total amount of his moveable properties stands at Tk 99.61 crore which he amassed, directly and indirectly, using others’ names, the FIR also read.

ACC found that Proshanto has a legal income of about Tk 12.48 crore whereas his total wealth including moveable and immoveable properties worth about Tk 287.39 crore. “That means, he has amassed the rest about Tk 274.91 crore beyond his known sources of income,” it said.

Proshanto joined NRB Global Bank in 2015 as its managing director.

On October 23, ACC asked the Special Branch (SB) of police to impose exit restrictions on 22 people including Proshanto.