The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against Sitangshu Kumar (SK) Sur Chowdhury, the former Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank, his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury, and daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury for failing to submit their asset declarations within the designated time frame.
The case was filed on Sunday, December 22, as confirmed by Md Aktarul Islam, Deputy Director of the ACC. The charges have been brought under section 26(2) of the ACC Act, 2004, for the failure to submit asset declarations.
Earlier, in August of the previous year, the ACC sent letters to banks and financial institutions requesting detailed information on all transactions related to the family.
The investigation into SK Sur was initiated in 2022 after his name surfaced in a financial scandal involving the controversial businessman Prashant Kumar Halder (PK Halder). In March of that year, the ACC summoned SK Sur for questioning. He retired from his post as Deputy Governor in January 2018.
It is alleged that SK Sur had provided assistance and gained benefits from the loan scam involving PK Halder, the former Managing Director of NRB Global Bank.