Evaly’s Russel gets bail from HC in DSA case

Staff Reporter  :
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to controversial e-commerce platform Evaly’s former Managing Director Mohammad Russel in a case filed under the Digital Security Act by a customer.
The High Court bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Aminul Islam passed the order after hearing a rule issued in this regard.
Lawyer Ahsanul Karim appeared in the court hearing on behalf of Russel, while Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hossain Bappy represented the state.
Russel cannot be released from jail as he was shown arrested in some other cases, said his lawyer Ahsanul Karim.
Earlier, on March 2 this year a Dhaka Court framed charges against Evaly’s Chairman Shamima Narsin and his husband Russel in the case. Judge of the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal, AM Zulfiker Hayat, passed the order after hearing the charge sheet.

On September 30 of 2021, Mohammad Alamgir Hussain, an Evaly customer, filed the case against the couple and 15-20 unidentified people with Badda Police Station.
According to the case statement, the complainant sent Tk 2.8 million through bKash and Nagad from January to September of 2020 for buying electronic goods from Evaly. Though Evaly was supposed to deliver the goods within 45 days of ordering, he didn’t get those even after seven months, the case statement added.
Prodip Kumar Das, a Sub-Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and also the Investigation Officer of the case, on September 16 last year submitted the charge sheet against the couple.
Rab arrested the couple on September 16 of 2021 during a raid at their flat in the capital’s Mohammadpur after a customer filed a case with Gulshan Police Station over embezzlement.
Later, they were shown arrested in different cases filed with different police stations over embezzlement.