Two of the accused have appealed to the High Court (HC) challenging their indictment in a case against 14 people, including Nobel Prize-winning Grameen Telecom Chairman Muhammad Yunus, over the embezzlement of funds from dividends set aside for the company's employees, reports bdnewws24.com. Muhammad YunusSharif said, "We are prosecutors in the case against Yunus, representing the company's employees. However, no such appeal has been filed yet on behalf of Yunus, according to the 83-year-old microcredit pioneer's lawyer Abdul Al Mamun. The court set Jul 15 for recording testimony in the case. According to his probe report, the accused 'embezzled' over Tk 250 million from the Grameen Telecom workers' welfare fund.

Source: bd News24 June 27, 2024 06:04 UTC