ACC Case

Screengrab from YouTube Muhammad Yunus

ACC case: Dr. Yunus will surrender in the judicial court on Sunday in the case of embezzlement of Tk 25 crore.

Earlier, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a charge sheet against 14 people, including Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, chairman of Grameen Telecom, for embezzling Tk. 25 crores and 22 lakhs of workers' welfare fund. On February 1, Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar filed this charge sheet in the main court. Although ACC made 13 accused in the case, the name of Jatiya Sramik Federation office secretary Kamrul Hasan was added to the charge sheet.

The other accused in the case are Grameen Telecom managing director Nazmul Islam, former MD Ashraful Hasan, director Parveen Mahmud, Nazneen Sultana, Shahjahan, Noorjahan Begum and SM Hajjatul Islam Latifi, lawyers Yusuf Ali and Zafarul Hasan Sharif, Grameen Telecom Sramik-Karmachari Union president Kamruzzaman, general secretary Feroz Mahmud Hasan and Grameen Telecom's Sramik-Karmachari Union representative Mainul Islam. Among the accused, Parveen Mahmood is on bail. The investigation officer applied for the issuance of arrest warrant against the remaining 13 people.

ACC Assistant Director (Prosecution) Aminul Islam said that the charge sheet was presented to the court on Thursday for notification. The date of this case is on Sunday, March 3. The next hearing will be held on the same day.

According to the investigation report, the accused have been accused of money laundering as they embezzled and converted Tk 25.22 lakh illegally. On May 30 last year, ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar filed the case at the Dhaka Integrated District Office as the main plaintiff.