Case on depriving employees, Labour Court summons Dr Yunus

Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Creative Commons.

A Labour Court of Dhaka Monday summoned Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus in a case filed against him for allegedly depriving employees of profit and laundering the money abroad.

Grameen Telecom Chairman Yunus along with others allegedly embezzled funds of the employees.

A number of 18 employees of the Grameen Telecom Limited filed the case with a Labour Court of Dhaka against Prof Yunus on Monday.

It is the second case against Dr Muhammad Yunus by the workers of the company over embezzlement of labours’ share of profit.

Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus will have to reply to the court clarifying his position within October 16.

Earlier, on August 22, a labour court started testimony in the first case filed against him for violating labour laws.

Judge Begum Sheikh Marina Sultana of Third Labour Tribunal of Dhaka recorded the statements of Labour lnspector Tariqul Islam during testimony.

Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) Inspector Arifuzzaman filed the case against Dr Yunus and three others on September 9 of 2021, and the court had summoned the four to appear in the court by October 12 of that year.

The three other accused people are- Managing Director of Grameen Telecom Md Ashraful Hasan, Director Nurzahan Begum and Director Md Shahjahan.

The accused persons are facing charges of not submitting profit of Sramik Kalyan Foundation, regularizing job and doing irregularities about holidays. - Special Correspondent