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The High Court has banned the broadcasting of speeches and interviews of convicted and fugitive defendants, including PK Haldar, who fled abroad with around Tk 3 billion. The ban will remain in effect for all types of media, including media, until the next PK Haldar order or rule is resolved.
Regarding the ACC application, Justice. A virtual high court made up of Nazrul Islam Talukder and Judge Ahmed Sohail approved the order on Wednesday. After PK Haldar’s speech was broadcast on the news at 10 p.m. Monday, Ekattar TV hooked him up live on a talk show.
On Wednesday, the court approved the order after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted a written request. The High Court has also called his broadcast speech and ‘talk show’ video clip on Ekattar TV news. You have been ordered to file it with the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court Division by January 10.
Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan appeared in court for the ACC. Assistant Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik represented the state.
PK Haldar, former Managing Director of NRB Global Bank, was also Managing Director of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL), which is listed on the capital markets.
After he fled abroad earlier this year to complaints from ILFSL clients, the ACC brought a case against him for alleged “illegal assets” worth Rs 300 million. On June 26, PK Haldar, who is abroad, appealed to the current ILFSL managing director to make the necessary arrangements for his return to his country. Although the court allowed it, PK Haldar did not return and an order was issued against him through Interpol. The Dhaka judge’s court also ordered the seizure of all his real estate.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan informed the court on Tuesday about his participation in PK Haldar’s speech and debate program on Ekattar TV on Monday night. After hearing his statement, the court asked him to submit a written request and the ACC filed the request on Wednesday. The petition seeks instructions from the Secretary of Information and the President of the BTRC to stop broadcasting, retransmitting and broadcasting the statement of the fugitive PK Haldar through any medium, including newspapers, television channels and social networks. The Superior Court ordered after the hearing.
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