Bangladesh Interim Govt Advisor Muhammad Yunus Acquitted :

Muhammad Yunus was on sunday acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, three days after he took oath as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, according to a media report.

Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge’s Court-4 of Dhaka accepted the Anti-Corruption Commission’s application which was filed with the court, seeking withdrawal of prosecution of the case, following section 494 of the Code of criminal Procedure, an official of the anti-graft agency was quoted as saying by The Daily Star newspaper.
On august 7, a Dhaka court acquitted Yunus and three top officials of Grameen Telecom – Ashraful Hassan, M Shahjahan and Nurjahan Begum – in a labour law violation case.

Yunus, the 84-year-old economist, on thursday took oath as the chief adviser of the interim government.
Nurjahan Begum, who was also an accused in the graft case, is a member of the 16-member Council of Advisers which will assist Yunus in running the state’s affairs. Younes has long been at loggerheads with Sheikh Hasina's government for unknown reasons, and the authorities investigated him after he came to power in 2008.
Bangladeshi authorities launched a legal review of the Grameen bank in 2011 and fired Younis as acting CEO over allegations of violating government pension laws.
Younes was accused in several cases during Hasina's tenure. In January, the court sentenced Younes to six months in prison for violating the labor law.
Many believe Hasina was angered when Yunus announced he would form a political party in 2007, when the country was ruled by a military-backed government and Hasina was in prison. .
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Sudha Subbiah

12/08/2024 05:54 AM