EVALY SCAM: HC cautions celebrities; Tahsan granted bail

The High Court yesterday cautioned the celebrities involved with controversial e-commerce platform Evaly, saying they must be conscious about their positions.

"Celebrities' responsibility is much higher as general people, particularly from the young generation, throng to invest in companies in which they [celebrities] are involved because of their face-value and names," said the HC bench of Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain and Justice Khizir Hayat, during a hearing of an anticipatory bail petition filed by actor and musician Tahsan Khan, who was accused in a case for his involvement with Evaly.

The HC granted him six weeks' anticipatory bail.

On December 13, another HC bench granted eight weeks' anticipatory bail to actors Rafiath Rashid Mithila and Sabnam Faria in the same case.