Cyber Tribunal issues arrest warrant against Evaly chairman Shamima Nasrin
A Dhaka tribunal has issued arrest warrant against Shamima Nasrin, the chairman of e-commerce platform Evaly, in a case filed with Badda Police Station under the Digital Security Act.
Judge Ash Shams Joglul Hossain of the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal on October 23 cancelled her bail and issued the arrest warrant as she remained absent from the court submitting a time petition by the lawyer.
On that day, the tribunal accepted the charges against Shamima and her husband Evaly Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Rassel in the case filed over pocketing Tk 21.62 lakh through digital forgery.
The tribunal fixed January 22, 2023 for hearing of charges framing against the couple in the case.
The information about issuance of arrest warrant against her was published today.
Earlier on September 19 this year, Sub-Inspector Pradip Kumar Das of Criminal Investigation Department submitted the charge sheet in the case to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka.
According to the charge sheet, Evaly Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, the chairman, enticed customers to sell its products by publishing false information on social media platforms.
Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, a customer from Madhya Badda in the capital, on September 30 last year filed the case with Badda Police Station against the couple and 15-20 unnamed officials of Evaly.
The charge sheet said the complainant paid Tk 28.79 lakh to Evaly through bKash, Nagad, LankaBangla Finance credit card, City Bank Amex credit card, and Brac Bank visa card for its goods from January 1, 2020 to September 1, 2021.
Speaking to this newspaper, complainant Alamgir yesterday said, "I have no interest in running the case as I have already been almost fully compensated by Evaly."
Rab arrested Rassel and Shamima from their flat in the capital's Mohammadpur on September 16 last year after a customer filed a case with Gulshan Police Station over embezzlement.
Later, the couple was shown arrested in several cases filed against them with different police stations over embezzling customer's money.
Rassel is now behind bars while Shamima was earlier released on bail.
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