Former Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur, widely known as SK Sur, was arrested today in connection with a money laundering case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The case involves the notorious Hallmark Group and its alleged suspicious financial transactions.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Partha Bhadra issued the order to show Sur arrested after police presented him before the court. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID)’s financial crime unit inspector, Sayedur Rahman, who is overseeing the investigation, pleaded with the court to arrest Sur as a suspect in the case.
Sur had been detained by the ACC on January 14, with assistance from the Detective Branch (DB) of the police in the Segunbagicha area of Dhaka. The case was filed by the ACC on December 26, 2018, against Hallmark Group employees Tusher Ahmed, Mohammad Aslam Uddin, and Sumon Bhuiyan, who allegedly carried out suspicious transactions totaling Taka 13.50 crore. These funds were believed to have been illicitly amassed and transferred to conceal their original source.
