Nobel laureate Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus and seven other accused got bail in money embezzlement case.
On Sunday (March 3) at noon, they surrendered and applied for bail in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court Mohammad As-Sams Jaglul Hossain. After the hearing, the court granted them bail.
Advocate Abdullah Al Mamun appeared for Dr. Yunus.
The other defendants are Parveen Mahmud, director of Grameen Telecom, managing director Md. Nazmul Islam, director and former managing director Ashraful Hasan, Nazneen Sultana, Md. Shahjahan, Nurjahan Begum and director S. M Hajjatul Islam Latifi.
On February 1, Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court, the investigation officer of the case, ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anwar Pradhan filed the charge sheet against 14 people including Muhammad Yunus. The charge sheet in this case was scheduled for consideration today.
On May 30 last year, ACC Deputy Director Md. Gulshan Anwar filed the case at the Integrated District Office Dhaka-1 as the main plaintiff. The accused were charged in the case under Sections 409/420/467/468/471/109 and Section 4(2)(3) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2012.
Apart from Dr. Yunus, the other defendants in the case are the Managing Director of Grameen Telecom Nazmul Islam, Director Ashraful Hasan, Parveen Mahmud, Nazneen Sultana, Md. Shahjahan, Nurjahan Begum, S. M. Hazzatul Islam Latifi, Advocate Md. Yusuf Ali, Advocate Zafrul Hasan Sharif and President of Grameen Telecom Sramik-Karmachari Union Kamruzzaman, the general secretary of the organization Feroz Mahmud Hasan and representative Md. Mainul Islam
It is said in the statement of the case, Dr. Yunus and Md. Nazmul Islam It was decided to open a bank account at the Gulshan branch of Dhaka Bank Limited at the 108th board meeting of Grameen Telecom on May 9, 2022 in the presence of members of the Grameen Telecom board including Nazmul Islam. But a day before this decision, the bank account was opened on May 8. This calculation is shown in the settlement agreement - which is practically impossible. According to the terms of such fake settlement agreement and according to the board's decision, Grameen Telecom transferred Tk. 26 crore 22 lakh 6 thousand 780 to this bank account at different times. But the accused embezzled the amount due to the employees before disbursing them.
A settlement agreement was signed with Grameen Telecom Sramik-Karmachari Union and Grameen Telecom on April 27, 2022 for distribution of dividend due to employees.
The affidavit further states that analysis of the records shows that only Tk. 1 crore was actually transferred as advocate fee. The remaining Tk. 25 crore 22 lakh six thousand 780 was embezzled through fraud by the CBA leaders and advocates of Grameen Telecom with the help of Grameen Telecom's chairman, managing director and board members.