Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday filed a revision petition with the High Court seeking the cancellation of charge farming order by a Dhaka court in a case over embezzling Tk 25.22 crore of Grameen Telecom Workers' welfare fund against him and 13 others.

Barrister Abdullah-Al-Mamun submitted the petition on behalf of Dr Yunus with the concerned branch of the High Court.

Lawyer Mamun said his clients have not committed any offence of money laundering or embezzlement. The charges in the money embezzlement case were framed unreasonably, he added. The petition will be heard in the High Court bench of Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Kazi Ibadat Hossain soon, he added.

Earlier on June 12, Judge Syed Arafat Hossain of the Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 ordered to frame charges against 14 including Dr Yunus, for embezzling around Taka 25.22 Crore from the Grameen Telecom welfare fund. July 15 was fixed for the hearing on charge framing.

The 13 other accused in case are Grameen Telecom MD Nazmul Islam, Director Ashraful Hasan, former MD Parveen Mahmood, Director, Najnin Sultana, Shahjahan, Noorjahan Begum, and S. M. Hazzatul Islam Latifi, all serving as directors, along with Advocate Yusuf Ali, Advocate Zaforul Hasan Sharif, Mo. Kamruzzaman, President of the Union of Gramin Telecom Employees, Firoz Mahmud Hasan, General Secretary Kamrul Hasan, office secretary of the Employees' Union office, and representative Mainul Islam. The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case on May 30 last year.