SK Sur gets 3 years imprisonment in ACC case
S.K. Sur Chowdhury was taken to prison after 3-year imprisonment verdict was awarded to the former Central Banker. Collected photo..
A city court has sentenced former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Sitangshu Kumar, also known as SK Sur Chowdhury, to three years of imprisonment in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for failing to submit his wealth statement.
The verdict was announced today (Tuesday) by Judge Ayesha Nasrin of Dhaka's Special Judge Court-2. SK Sur was present in court during the pronouncement of the verdict.
The information was confirmed by ACC Prosecutor Abul Kalam Azad.
He said the accused deliberately failed to submit the wealth statement, which was proven during the judicial process. This verdict makes it clear that there is no scope for impunity if the order to submit a wealth statement is defied.
According to case documents, on December 23, 2024, ACC Deputy Director Nazmul Hussain filed the case under Section 26(2) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004. Later, on January 14, 2025, SK Sur was arrested at the Segunbagicha area of the capital.
After the investigation concluded, ACC Deputy Director Md. Ahsan Uddin submitted the charge sheet to the court on August 4, 2025. On November 6 of that year, the court framed charges and ordered the trial to begin. During the trial, testimonies from seven witnesses were recorded.
As both sides presented their arguments, On July 15, the court set July 28 as the date for the verdict. Later, the verdict was announced today (Tuesday).
The case details state that as part of an investigation into allegations of acquiring wealth beyond known sources of income, SK Sur was issued a notice to submit, within 21 working days, detailed statements of all movable and immovable assets acquired in his name or in the names of his dependents or benami (in the name of others), along with liabilities, sources of income, and how the assets were acquired. However, even after the stipulated time passed, he did not submit the wealth statement.
Earlier, on August 31, 2023, as part of an investigation into a tax evasion case, the ACC sent letters to different banks requesting details of accounts belonging to SK Sur and his family members.
The ACC began investigating SK Sur in 2022 after his name surfaced in the infamous 'PK Halder financial scandal'. In July 2021, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) ordered the seizure of his and his wife's bank accounts, believing he was linked to the PK Halder scandal.
