Don’t arrest Dr Yunus till Nov 7: High Court

The High Court has ordered the government not to arrest Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus until November 7 in three cases filed on charge of sacking three employees of Grameen Communications.

The court has ordered Dr Yunus to surrender before the trial court at any convenient time by November 7.

The HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman passed the order on Monday after hearing a writ petition.

Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud stood for the writ petitioner while Deputy Attorney General Saifuddin Khalek represented the government.

The court passed the order so that Dr Yunus can return to the country from abroad and surrender to the trial court in the cases without any hindrance.

Dr Yunus’s brother Dr Md Ibrahim filed the writ petition seeking necessary order.

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