Evaly fraud case: Mithila gets permanent bail

A Dhaka court today granted permanent bail to actor Rafiath Rashid Mithila in a case filed against her over fraud -- for her involvement with e-commerce platform Evaly.

Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury passed the order after Mithila, through her lawyer, surrendered before it, seeking bail in the case.

On December 13 last year, the High Court granted her anticipatory bail for eight weeks.

On December 4 last year, an aggrieved customer of Evaly -- Saad Sam Rahman -- filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station against nine people including Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel, Chairman Shamima Nasrin, musician Tahsan Khan, and actors Mithila and Shabnam Faria.

The other accused in the case are: Akash, Arif, Taher and Md Abu Taish Kayes.

According to the case, celebrities Tahsan, Mithila and Faria were in different positions at Evaly. Because of their presence and their various promotional talks, Saad Sam invested Tk 3,18,000 in Evaly.

The plaintiff alleged that he was deceived because of the promotional talks of the celebrities.

Tahsan was the Goodwill Ambassador of Evaly, and Mithila was associated with Evaly as the face of the company's lifestyle products. Faria joined as Chief Public Relations Officer.

Rassel and Shamima are now in jail custody in another case filed against them over fraud charge.