Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus
According to a media report, Muhammad Yunus was acquitted in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday, three days after he was sworn in as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government. 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 anti-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?
Nur 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 has had a long-running dispute with the Sheikh Hasina government for unclear reasons, while authorities had launched several investigations against him after she came to power in 2008.
Bangladesh authorities launched a review of 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 government retirement regulation. Dozens of cases were registered against Mohammad Yunus during the reign of Sheikh Hasina.
The court sentenced Yunus to six months’ imprisonment
In one of these cases in January, a court sentenced Yunus to six months in jail for violating labour laws. Many believe that in 2007, when the country was under a military-backed government and Hasina was in jail, Yunus had announced the formation of a political party, which angered Hasina.
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