A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against e-commerce platform Evaly's Chairman Shamima Nasrin in a case filed with Badda Police Station under the Digital Security Act.
Judge Ash Shams Joglul Hossain of the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal cancelled her bail and issued the arrest warrant as she was absent before the court on October 19 during charge sheet acceptance hearing in the case, said the tribunal's bench-assistant Sahmim Al Mamun.
On that day, the tribunal accepted the charges against Shamima and her husband Evaly Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Rassel in the case filed over embezzling Tk21.62 lakh through forgery.
After accepting the charges, the tribunal also fixed January 22, 2023 for hearing of charges framing against the couple in the case.
The information about issuance of the arrest warrant against her was published on Wednesday.
On September 30 last year, Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, a customer from Madhya Badda in the capital filed the case with Badda Police Station against the couple and 15-20 unnamed officials of Evaly.
Earlier on September 19, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police submitted a charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka in the case.
According to the charges, Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin enticed customers to sell its products by publishing false information on social media platforms.
It said the complainant paid Tk28.79 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.
Although, Evaly promised to supply the products by 45 days but he did not find the products even after 45 days from the e-commerce platform.
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.
Shamima is now on bail while her husband Rassel is still in jail.
