ACC sues Mohammad Yunus, 12 others

Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against Nobel laureate and Grameen Telecom chairman Professor Muhammad Yunus and 12 others on charge of their alleged involvement in misappropriating about Tk 25 crore from the company’s Workers Welfare Fund.
The commission deputy director Gulshan Anowar Pradhan filed the case, ACC director general Rezanur Rahman said.
The other accused in the case are Grameen Telecom managing director Md Nazmul Islam, former managing director Md Ashraful Hasan, directors Parvin Mahmud, Naznin Sultana, Md Shahjahan, Nurjahan Begum and SM Hazzatul Islam Latifi, lawyers Md Yusuf Ali and Zafrul Hasan Sharif, Grameen Telecom Sramik-Karmachari Union president Md Quamruzzaman, general secretary Firoz Mahmud and representative Md Mainul Islam.