Dr Yunus, 13 others secure bail in graft case

A Dhaka court today (May 2) granted bail to Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and 13 others in a case filed over the misuse of about Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers' profit participation fund.

Judge Syed Arafat Hossain of the Special Judge's Court-4 of Dhaka passed the order.

They were granted bail after they filed petitions with the court, seeking bail in the case. 

The 13 other accused are Grameen Telecom Managing Director Nazmul Islam, Directors Ashraful Hassan, Naznin Sultana, Parvin Mahmud, M Shahjahan, Nurjahan Begum, and SM Huzzatul Islam Latifee, Sramik-Karmachari Union President Kamruzzaman, General Secretary Firoz Mahmud Hasan and representative Mainul Islam, Jatiya Workers Federation Office Secretary Kamrul Hasan, and lawyers Zafrul Hasan Sharif and Yusuf Ali.

On February 1, Investigation Officer Gulshan Anwar Prodhan, a deputy director of the ACC, placed the charge sheet before the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court of Dhaka.

Later, on March 3, Prof Yunus surrendered in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Mohammad Assams Jaglul Hossain and secured bail.