HC dismisses food adulteration case against Yunus
The High Court has dismissed a case filed in 2011 against Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on charges of adulteration in Grameen Shakti Doi products.
The HC bench of Justice KM Hafizul Alam and Justice Md Atabullah passed the order today (17 March), said Deputy Attorney General Taherul Islam Touhid.
In 2010, the Dhaka City Corporation alleged that a 100-gram yogurt of Grameen Shakti Doi was found to be adulterated at a shop in Bangshal. It also alleged that the weight of a 100-gram yogurt was 80 or 60 grams.
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Later on 10 January 2011, Dhaka City Corporation Health Inspector Mohammad Kamrul Hasan filed a case against the shop owner Md Abul Kashem, vendor Md Tushar, and Yunus, the then chairman of Grameen Danone Foods Limited.
Yunus was granted bail by a trial court on 27 January 2011. He then appealed to the High Court to have the case dismissed.
Yunus' lawyer Barrister Tanim Hossain Shawon said, "There were some errors in the case. Besides, Dr Yunus was the chairman of the organisation. He did not have executive power. Still, the case was filed to harass him.
"In 2011, he appealed to the High Court to dismiss the case. After hearing that application, the High Court issued a rule to dismiss the case. But at the same time, it ordered a stay.
"The HC announced its verdict today after hearing on that rule. In the verdict, it declared the rule appropriate and dismissed the case."
