A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed June 12 to pass an order whether to frame charges or not against Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and 13 others in a case filed over misappropriation of Tk 25 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers profit participation fund.
Judge Syed Arafat Hossain of the Special Judges Court-4 of Dhaka fixed the date following the hearing on charge framing in the case.
Prof Yunus lawyer Advocate Abdullah-Al-Mamun submitted a discharge petition on behalf of the accused to discharge them from the case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Public Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajol argued before the court to frame charges against the accused.
The 83 years old former professor of Chittagong University, Prof Muhammad Yunus, was present in the court during charge hearing. The court granted bail to all the accused on May 2.
Investigation Officer Gulshan Anwar Prodhan, Deputy Director of the ACC on February 1, submitted charge sheet before the Metropolitan Senior Special Judges Court of Dhaka.
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.
