A Dhaka court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Shamima Nasrin, the chairperson of e-commerce company Evaly, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA).

Dhaka Cyber Tribunal judge Mohammad Ash Shams Jaglul Hossain issued the arrest warrant on October 19 turning down Shamima’s time petition as she did not appear before the court.

The court also fixed January 22 next year for hearing on charge framing in the case.

Earlier, the court fixed October 19 for accepting the charge sheet in the case, however, Shamima pleaded for time through a lawyer without appearing in the court, said tribunal bench clerk Shamim Al Mamun.

On September 30 last year, a customer Alamgir Hossain filed the case against Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima at Badda police station, on charges of embezzling money through digital fraud.

According to the case, the plaintiff ordered products costing Tk 28 lakh from Evaly through two accounts on the company site and paid the bill.

Evaly promised him to deliver the products within 45 days of the order. But the customer didn’t receive the products. The company also didn’t return the customer’s money.

On September 16, last year, Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima were arrested during a raid on their house in the capital's Mohammadpur area. The couple was later sent to jail.

On April 6 this year, Shamima came out of jail securing  bail. However, the CEO is still behind bars.