Bangladesh: Dhaka Court Acquits Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus in Graft Case 3 Days After Taking Oath As Head of Interim Government
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.
Dhaka, August 11: 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, took oath on Thursday as the chief adviser of the interim government. Nurjahan Begum, who was also 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. Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Takes Oath As Head of Bangladesh’s Interim Government.
Yunus had been in a protracted row with the Sheikh Hasina government due to obscure reasons while authorities initiated a series of investigations against him after she came to power in 2008. Bangladesh authorities launched a review of the statutory Grameen Bank's activities in 2011 and fired Yunus as its founding managing director on charges of violating the government retirement regulation. ‘This Is Our First Responsibility’: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Ensures No Attack Anywhere in Bangladesh Amidst Political Turmoil.
Yunus was charged under dozens of cases during Hasina's regime. In January, a court sentenced Yunus to six months in jail on charges of labour law violation. Many people believe Hasina became enraged when Yunus announced that he would form a political party in 2007 when a military-backed government ran the country and Hasina was in prison.
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