Tahsan, Mithila, Sabnam Faria relieved of Evaly fraud case

A Dhaka court finally relieved five people, including actors Tahsan Khan, Rafiath Rashid Mithila and Sabnam Faria, from the charges of a fraud case filed over e-commerce platform Evaly scam.

The court, however, accepted the charges brought against Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel alias Babul, Chairman Shamima Nasrin and two others -- vice-president of Evaly Abdullah Al Mamun and category head Mohammad Abu Taher alias Saddam -- in the same case.

The two others whose names were dropped from the charges are chief marketing officer SM Arif Reza Hussain and executive operation officer of Evaly Abu Tayes.

Among the accused, Tahsan was the Goodness Ambassador of Evaly, Mithila brand ambassador and Sabnam Faria chief public relations officer.

Of the charge sheeted accused, Rassel and Shamima were earlier shown arrested in the case and they are now in jail. Mamun and Saddam were shown fugitives in the charge sheet.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasibul Haque passed the order after scrutinising the case dockets and other relevant documents.

The magistrate issued arrest warrants against Mamun and Saddam as they were shown "fugitives" in the charge sheet.

Earlier on March 2, Md Rajib Hassan, a sub-inspector of Dhanmondi Police Station and the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka.

On December 4 last year, an aggrieved customer of Evaly -- Saad Sam Rahman -- filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station against nine people including Rassel, Shamima, Tahsan, and actors Mithila and Faria.