Dr Yunus now acquitted in money laundering case

Chief adviser of the interijm government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, and 13 others have been acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) just four days after getting acquittal for the labour violations case.

Dhaka Special Judge‍‍`s Court-4 Judge Md Rabiul Alam accepted an ACC application on Sunday that sought to withdraw the case‍‍`s prosecution of the case under the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Adviser of Health and Family Welfare Nurjahan Begum was also an accused in the graft case.

The rest accused were Grameen Telecom Managing Director Md Nazmul Islam, directors Ashraful Hasan, Naznin Sultana, Parvin Mahmud, Md Shahjahan, Prof Huzzatul Islam Latifee, President of Grameen Telecom Sramik-Karmachari Union Md Kamruzzaman, general secretary Firoz Mahmud Hasan, lawyers Zafrul Hasan Sharif and Yusuf Ali, union‍‍`s representative Md Mainul Islam and Jatiya Worker‍‍`s Federation office secretary Kamrul Hasan.

Earlier on 7 August, the Labour Appellate Tribunal overturned the six-month jail sentences of Dr Muhammad Yunus in a case filed over the violation of the labour law.

The ACC filed the money laundering case against the 14 on May 30 in 2023 for allegedly embezzling around Taka 26 crore from Grameen Telecom Workers‍‍` profit participation fund.

ACC deputy director and investigation officer Gulshan Anwar filed charge-sheet in the case on February 1 in 2024.