Evaly’s Russell, Shamima jailed for 3 years

A Dhaka court sentenced Mohammad Russell, managing director of e-commerce company Evaly, and his wife, Shamima Nasrin, chairman of the company, to three years in a fraudulence case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Minhazur Rahman delivered the verdict on Sunday (April 6) in absence of the convicts.

The court also fined them Tk 5,000 each, in default of which, they will have to suffer six months more in jail.

Plaintiff lawyer Sakibul Islam said, “The accused remain fugitive. The court issued an arrest warrant against the couple.”

According to the case statement, on 20 February 2021, Mujahid Hasan Fahim ordered a Yamaha R15 bike from Evaly and paid the amount required. But, Evaly failed to deliver the bike within 45 days.

Later, the plaintiff contacted Evaly’s Dhanmondi office. The Evaly authorities issued a cheque of Tk 5 lakh but requested not to encash them since there was not enough money in the account. So, he did not encash the cheques.

Fahim kept urging Evaly to refund him the amount. However, Evaly did not return any money to him even after he sent legal notice.