19 sued over vandalism in Grameen enterprises

19 sued over vandalism in Grameen enterprises

A case has been filed today against 19 persons including the former chairman of Grameen Bank Dr AKM Saiful Majid for allegedly storming and vandalizing offices of Grameen Kalyan, Grameen Telecom and other organizations founded by Nobel laureate and incumbent Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Muhammad Yunus.

Grameen Kalyan Managing Director AKM Moinuddin Chowdhury filed the case in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Partha Pratim. The court after recording the statement of the complainant, asked the officer-in-charge of the Shah Ali Police Station to lodge FIR on the complaint.

The other accused in the case are- Barrister Masud Akhter, Jim Zobayed, Lt Col (retd) Md Jahangir Hasan, Col (retd) Rashed Ali, Sergeant (retd) Ziaur Rahman, Nuruzzaman Mridha, Raju Miah, S Abdur Rashid, Mizanur Rahman, Tanin Khan, Pradip Kumar Saha, Foyjul Haque, Mamunur Rashid, Golam Zakaria, Harun Ur Rashid, Tarikul Islam, Gobinda Saha and Krishna Kanto Roy.

According to the case documents, the accused on February 2, 2024, illegally entered the Grameen Telecom building. They vandalized valuable documents and furniture in Grameen Kalyan and Grameen Telecom offices and tried to unlawfully take control of the companies.