DHAKA: Muhammad Yunus was on Sunday acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, three days after he took oath as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, according to a media report.
Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge’s Court-4 of Dhaka accepted the Anti-Corruption Commission’s application which was filed with the court, seeking withdrawal of prosecution of the case, an official of the anti-graft agency was quoted as saying by The Daily Star newspaper.
On August 7, a Dhaka court acquitted Yunus and three top officials of Grameen Telecom in a labour law violation case.
Yunus had been in a protracted row with the Sheikh Hasina government due to obscure reasons while authorities initiated a series of investigations against him after she came to power in 2008.
Yunus was charged under dozens of cases during Hasina’s regime.
Meanwhile, Syed Refaat Ahmed was sworn in as Bangladesh’s new chief justice on Sunday, a day after Obaidul Hassan stepped down as the top judge following an ultimatum by the protesters demanding a revamp of the judiciary.
Hassan and five other judges of the apex Appellate Division on Saturday tendered their resignation. His resignation came as protesters of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement gathered at the apex court premises.
The students had issued an ultimatum to him and the judges of the Appellate Division to resign by 1 pm on Saturday. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the chief justice.