Dr Yunus gets bail in money embezzlement case

Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus has secured bail on Sunday in Tk 25 crore embezzlement case.

Earlier in the day, he surrendered before the court and sought bail in Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge As-Shams Jaglul Hossain granted him bail after a short hearing.

Apart from Dr Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Telecom's Managing Director Md Nazmul Islam, Directors- Md Ashraful Hasan, Parvin Mahmud, Naznin Sultana, Md Shahjahan, Nurjahan Begum, Professor SM Hazzatul Islam Latifi also surrendered and applied for bail. 

The court also accepted their bail pleas.

On February 1, Deputy Director of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Gulshan Anwar Pradhan submitted charge sheet against 14 accused, including Dr Muhammad Yunus, in the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court.

The other accused are -- Grameen Telecom Managing Director (MD) Nazmul Islam, Directors Ashraful Hasan, Naznin Sultana, Parvin Mahmud, Md Shahjahan, 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, Union's representative Md Mainul Islam and Jatiya Workers Federation's Office Secretary Kamrul Hasan.