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A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced e-commerce platform Evaly's Managing Director and CEO Mohammad Rassel and Chairman Shamima Nasrin to three years of imprisonment each in a cheque fraud case. Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Md Minhazur Rahman pronounced the judgment and fined them Tk 5, 000 each, in default of which, they have to suffer six more months’ jail, said the defendant’s lawyer Sakibul Islam. The court issued an arrest warrant for the convicts as they were tied in absentia. According to the case statement, Evaly used to sell various products through flashy advertisements through various means. Evaly MD, chairman get 2 years jail in fraud case Attracted by this, a buyer Mujahid Hasan Fahim ordered a Yamaha motorbike on February 20, 2021 and paid its price accordingly. However, the authorities failed to deliver the bike within 45 days, forcing the buyer to contact the organization’s Dhanmondi office. After failing, the Evaly authority handed over a cheque of Tk 5 lakh and requested him not to deposit the check on the due date, citing the shortage of money in the bank account. Believing it, the victim refrained from depositing the cheque. Despite repeated pressures, the authority did not return any money to him. Cheque fraud: Evaly CEO Rassel, Chairman Nasrin awarded one year jail In January last year, the victim filed a case against the duo on charge of deception. Earlier on January 29 in 2024, a court sentenced Rassel and Shamima to two years of imprisonment each in a fraud case.

CEO of controversial e-commerce platform Evaly Md Rassel was granted bail by a Dhaka court on Thursday in nine cases of cheque fraud. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court judges passed the orders during a hearing on the bail petitions submitted by Rassel’s lawyer advocate Ahsan Habib. However, he will not be able to walk out of jail now as he did not secure bail in other cases. Also read: Evaly chairman released from Kashimpur jail On April 6, Rassel’s wife Shamima Nasrin, Chairperson of Evaly, walked out of Kashimpur Women's Central Jail after the court granted them both bail in another six cases on condition of settling the case with the plaintiffs in different times. On September 16, last year, Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima were arrested during a raid on their house in capital’s Mohammadpur area. The owners of Evaly were allegedly involved in embezzlement of several hundred crores of taka. They were arrested after a victim filed a case against them. Also read: HC allows Evaly’s Rassel, Shamima to transfer 50 % of their shares to relatives Arif Baker lodged a case with Gulshan police station accusing the couple of stealing customers' money and fraudulence. The couple was later sent to jail .

A Barishal court on Sunday issued summons to controversial e-commerce platform Evaly’s Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Rassel in three cases of cheque fraud. Barishal Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate judge acknowledged the cases filed by three affected consumers of Evaly and summoned the accused, said the plaintiff’s lawyer Mostafizur Rahman. Read:HC committee seals off 4 warehouses of Evaly According to the case complaint, Barishal resident Niloy Sharif paid Tk 3.50 Lakh, Sadikur Rahman Suruj Tk 2.71 lakh and Md Ferdous Tk 1.74 lakhs to Evaly for purchasing motorcycles which they did not receive. Later Evaly provided them cheques to return the amounts they paid but the cheques were returned by the bank authority. The three victims sent a legal notice through the post office to return their money to which the company did not respond and later they filed three separate cases with the court of cheque dishonor under the Negotiable Instrument Act. Read:Ministry working to refund Evaly customers’ money: Munshi Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, the chairman of the platform were arrested on September 16, after a customer named Arif Baker filed a case at Gulshan Police Station alleging that e-commerce platform was not delivering products despite taking advanced payments.