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SK Sur ChowdhurySK Sur Chowdhury, born Sitangshu Kumar Chowdhury,[1] is a former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank.[2][3] He is the former banking reform adviser of Bangladesh Bank.[4] CareerChowdhury joined Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh, as an assistant director in May 1981.[5] In 2007, Chowdhury was the general manager of Bangladesh Bank Chittagong.[6] In 2012 Chowdhury was appointed deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank.[5] He led a panel that examined launching sovereign bonds in the international financial market.[7] He approved six news banks in 2013, NRBC Bank, Union Bank, South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank, Midland Bank PLC., Meghna Bank, and NRB Bank.[8] In 2015, he refused to provide permission to traditional banks to engage in Islamic finance.[9] He completed his term in 2018 and was appointed reform advisor of Bangladesh Bank.[5] Two associates of P. K. Halder had claimed Chowdhury aided them in their scam which Chowdhury denied.[10] Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit investigated his accounts.[11] Central Intelligence Cell found Chowdhury and his wife had evaded taxes after investigating them.[12] Following the cell's recommendation, in 2021, the National Board of Revenue ordered all banks accounts of Chowdhury and wife to be frozen.[13] He and executive director of the Bangladesh Bank Shah Alam were alleged to be involved in 25 billion BDT scam involving International Leasing and Financial Services Limited.[14] Shah Alam was removed from Bangladesh Bank.[15] In March 2021, Bangladesh High Court questioned why Chowdhury and Shah Alam had not been arrested.[16] Individual Depositors’ Forum of International Leasing also demanded their arrest.[17] Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, the Anti-Corruption Commission asked banks to submit details on his bank accounts.[18] The Commission filed a case against Chowdhury, his wife, and daughter for not submitting their wealth statement in time in October 2024.[18] In January 2025, he was arrested from Segunbagicha and sent to jail by Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain.[18] Personal lifeChowdhury is married to Suparna Sur Chowdhury.[18] They have a daughter, Nandita Sur Chowdhury.[18] References
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