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According to a media report, Muhammad Yunus has been acquitted in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday, three days after being sworn in as the head of the interim government of Bangladesh. Judge Mohammad Rabiul Alam of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-4 accepted the Anti-Corruption Commission’s application, which was filed in the court, seeking withdrawal of the prosecution of the case under Section 494 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The Daily Star newspaper quoted the corruption agency as saying this.
On August 7, a Dhaka court acquitted Yunus and three top officials of Grameen Telecom, Ashraful Hasan, M Shahjahan and Noorjahan Begum, in a case of labor law violations. 84-year-old economist Yunus was sworn in as the chief advisor of the interim government on Thursday and he got this big relief as soon as he took the oath.
Who is Noor Jahan Begum
Noor Jahan Begum, who was also accused in this corruption case, is a member of the 16-member advisory council that will assist Yunus in running the state affairs. Yunus had a long-running dispute with the Sheikh Hasina government for unclear reasons, while the authorities had started investigating several cases against him after she came to power in 2008.
Bangladesh authorities began reviewing the activities of the statutory Grameen Bank in 2011 and Yunus was removed from the post of its founding managing director on charges of violating the government retirement regulation. Dozens of cases were registered against Mohammad Yunus during the reign of Sheikh Hasina.
The court had sentenced Yunus to six months in jail
In one of these cases in January, a court had sentenced Yunus to six months in jail on charges of violating labor law. Many believe that in 2007, when the military-backed government was running in the country and Hasina was in jail, Yunus had announced the formation of a political party, which angered Hasina.
