SK Sur Chowdhury, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, was sent to jail today in a case filed for failing to submit his asset declarations within the stipulated timeframe.

Judge Md Zakir Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after ACC Deputy Director Md Nazmul Hussain, who is leading the investigation, produced him with an application to confine him in jail until the probe is completed.

However, no lawyer stood in the court to defend him.

Earlier in the day, he was arrested from the capital's Segunbagicha, said a court staffer.

On October 23 last year, the ACC filed a case against SK Sur Chowdhury, his wife Suparna Sur Chowdhury and their daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury for failing to submit their asset declarations within the stipulated timeframe.

Earlier on August 31, 2023, the ACC asked banks to send account details of SK Sur Chowdhury and his spouse and daughter as a part of an investigation in a tax evasion case.

National Board of Revenue (NBR) in 2021 directed banks to freeze bank accounts of SK Sur Chowdhury and his wife on suspicion of tax evasion.

The Central Intelligence Cell of the NBR later detected tax evasion by Chowdhury and his spouse.