Hearing in graft cases against Yunus, 13 others today

The hearing in a case filed against Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and 13 others for allegedly embezzling money from worker’s profit participation fund, will be held today (May 2).

The hearing will be held at the court of Dhaka special judge court-4 justice Syed Arafat Hossain.

Earlier, on April 2, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Ash Shams Zaglul Hossain accepted the charge sheet in the case and sent it to Dhaka Special Judge's Court-4 for further proceedings.

On 1 February, the investigating officer in the case and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar submitted the charge sheet against 14 accused.

Other accused are Grameen Telecom Managing Director Nazmul Islam, Directors Ashraful Hasan, Naznin Sultana, Parvin Mahmud, Nurjahan Begum, and Professor SM Huzzatul Islam Latifee, President of 'Grameen Telecom Sramik-Karmachari Union Md Kamruzzaman and its General Secretary Firoz Mahmud Hasan, lawyers Zafrul Hasan Sharif and Yusuf Ali, the Union's representative Md Mainul Islam, and Jatiya Workers Federation's Office Secretary Kamrul Hasan.