The Anti-Corruption Commission rose above corruption charges against Muhammad Yunus, barely three days since his assumption of office as head of the interim government in Bangladesh, reports suggested on Sunday. Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge's Court-4 in Dhaka upheld the petition from the Anti-Corruption Commission to withdraw the case under Section 494 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, an official from the commission was quoted by The Daily Star as saying.
Earlier on August 7, Yunus and three senior Grameen Telecom officials—Ashraful Hassan, M Shahjahan, and Nurjahan Begum—were acquitted in a case relating to labor law violations.
At 84 years old, Yunus was sworn in as the chief adviser to the interim government on Thursday.
Also implicated in the corruption case, Nurjahan Begum will join the 16-member Council of Advisers that will assist Yunus in running the country.
Yunus has had an acrimonious history with the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina's administration, against whom various investigations had been initiated way back in 2008. In 2011, authorities launched an inquiry into the activities of Grameen Bank and fired Yunus as its managing director, claiming that he violated retirement rules.
Under Prime Minister Hasina's regime, Yunus had to face a spate of legal cases, including a six-month prison sentence in January for breaking labor laws.
Some have even speculated that Hasina's anger with Yunus heightened in 2007, after he announced plans for a political party at a time when the country was under military-backed rule and Hasina was in prison.
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