The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday arrested former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Sitangshu Kumar Chowdhury alias SK Sur in a case filed against him and two of his family members for not responding to an asset-declaration notice. A team of the anti-graft watchdog ran him in from Segunbagicha in the capital, ACC Deputy Director Akhtarul Islam confirmed to the FE.
His wife, Suparna Sur Chowdhury, and their daughter, Nandita Sur Chowdhury, are the others sued in the case, which was filed on December 23.
The three accused failed to submit their wealth statements under section 26 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 (Act No. 5 of 2004).
Earlier, in response to an ACC request, the income-tax records of SK Sur, his wife, and his daughter were seized.
In August last year, following the changeover, the ACC also sought transaction details of their family from various banks and financial institutions.
The ACC began inquiry against SK Sur Chowdhury and others in 2022 after his name surfaced in connection with the loan scam of PK Halder, former managing director of NRB Global Bank, while he worked at BB.
Previously, on March 29, 2022, the ACC summoned and questioned SK Sur over the misappropriation of over Tk25 billion from International Leasing and Financial Services.
In August 2023, the watchdog also sought details of bank transactions involving SK Sur, his wife and daughter.
Subsequently, on August 28, 2024, a Dhaka court, acting on an ACC application, ordered the seizure of the family's income-tax documents.
In October 2024, the court imposed travel bans on the trio, barring them from leaving the country.
SK Sur retired from the post of BB deputy governor in January 2018.
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