PK Halder was placed in three days remand by a West Bengal court today. A remand plea was filed with a court in North 24 Parganas on Saturday which was granted on Sunday
PK Halder along with five of his associates, including his wife, his brother, and his lawyer Sukumar was arrested in India on Saturday.
The arrest was made during multiple drives in at least nine places of Kolkata and West Bengal's North and South 24 Parganas districts by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), an investigative agency of the Indian finance ministry.
PK Halder was hiding in a house in Ashok Nagar in the North 24 Pargana district, the ED claimed. In an immediate reaction,
Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah has said the government agency would try to bring him back to the country as soon as possible.