Chargesheet against Dr Yunus, 13 others okayed

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has approved a chargesheet against Dr Muhammad Yunus, the then Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate, and 13 others in a graft case.

On Monday, ACC Secretary Mahbub Hossain told reporters that ACC’s regular meeting at its headquarters gave the clearance to submit the chargesheet against them.

ACC Deputy Director Md Gulshan Anwar, on May 30, 2023, filed the case with its Dhaka-1 integrated district office against Yunus and 12 others for allegedly embezzling Taka 25 crore from the company.

Apart from Dr Yunus, the other accused in the case are Grameen Telecom Managing Director Nazmul Islam, its directors Ashraful Hasan, Naznin Sultana, Parvin Mahmud, Md Shahjahan, Nurjahan Begum and SM Huzzatul Islam Latifee, Sramik-Karmachari Union President Md Kamruzzaman and its General Secretary Firoz Mahmud Hasan, lawyers Zafrul Hasan Sharif and Yusuf Ali and representative Md Mainul Islam.

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