TDS Desk

Bangladeshi businessman Prashanta Kumar Halder, knowns as PK Halder, walked out of jail after a special court in Kolkata granted him bail.

He has been released more than two and a half years after his arrest by India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case.

Apart from PK Halder, two of his associates, Swapan Mistry and Uttam Mistry, were also granted bail by the special judge, Prashanta Mukherjee, on Friday.

While PK Halder was required to submit a bail bond of Rs 1 million, Swapan and Uttam were ordered to provide a Rs 5 lakh bond each, according to the court order.

The bail bond was submitted by the petitioners on Monday evening, and PK Halder walked out of Presidency Jail last evening.