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, a copy of which is with The Daily Star.