Online Desk: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said the government is not harassing Noble Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus by filing false cases.

“The government is not doing anything to harass Dr Muhammad Yunus. No false case is being filed against him. First a case was filed by workers and then the directorate responsible for protecting the rights of the workers filed a case.”

He said this at a press conference on contemporary issues at the secretariat today.

“Despite undisputable evidence, it is being spread abroad that the allegations against him (Yunus) are false, and it is being said that we are doing this to harass him,” said the minister.

The minister said that the efforts being made at home and abroad to defame various institutions in Bangladesh centring on Yunus’s case will be defeated.

“As you know, according to the provisions of the Bangladesh Labour Act, an inspector can inspect any company if it is found that they are violating the law. In this case, on February 2, 2020, the inspector of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) first inspected Grameen Telecom as per the provisions of the Labour Act,” said Anisul.

“He found out that some laws were being violated. Later, on March 1, he wrote a letter to Grameen Telecom seeking their explanation about these violations and asking them to correct those,” he said.

“Grameen Telecom’s response was not satisfactory, and they (DIFE) inspected Grameen Telecom again on August 17, 2021. After seeing violations of the same law there, a letter was sent on August 19 stating that the law was being violated.

In such a situation, a case was filed against Dr Yunus and Grameen Telecom on September 9,” added Anisul.