[4] Prashanta Kuman Halder was born in a small village in Nazirpur Upazilla of the Pirojpur District in a Hindu family.
[citation needed] In 2008, Halder was made the Deputy Managing Director of Industrial and Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited.
[3] Uttam Kumar Mistri, Swapan's brother, and his wife, Atoshi Mridha, embezzled nearly 800 million taka from International Leasing and Financial Services Limited through a fake company called Kolasin[3] From 2015 to 2019, Amitav Adhikari, Halder's cousin, was a director of People's Leasing And Financial Services Limited, and Uzzal Kumar Nandi, his former colleague, was the chairperson of People's Leasing And Financial Services Limited.
[9] His cousin, Amitabh Adhikari, left his admin cadre job at Bangladesh Civil Service and joined two of the companies.
[11] On 5 April 2021, Halder was sued by Abdul Alim, majority owner of Clewiston Foods and Accommodation which had agreements with Radisson Blue to establish a hotel in Cox's Bazar.
[15] In May 2022, PK Halder arrested by Indian official from Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas district, India.
It has also been learnt that the Interpol has issued Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Proshanta Kumar Halder," the Directorate of Enforcement reports.