Dr Yunus gets bail in embezzlement case

Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus secured bail in a case filed over misappropriation of Workers' Profit Participation Fund.

Dhaka Special Judges Court-4 Judge Sayed Arafat Hossain granted the bail in the case following an application filed by Dr Yunus's lawyer on Thursday (May 2).

The court also fixed June 2 for the hearing on charge framing in the case.

Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun, lawyer of Dr Yunus confirmed the matter.

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.