RAB conducting raid at house of Evaly MD, chairman
BI Report || BusinessInsider
Evaly Managing Director Mohammad Rassel and Chairman Shamima Nasrin. Photo: Collected
The Rapid Action Battalion is carrying out a raid at the house of Mohammad Rassel, Managing Director of controversial e-commerce platform Evaly, at Mohammadpur in Dhaka, sources said.
Further detail could not be known as the raid was going on till the filing of the report at around 4:15pm, said an official of RAB-2.
Earlier in the day, Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, chairman of the e-commerce marketplace, were sued on charges of fraudulence and harassment.
Arif Baker, a consumer, filed the case against the duo with the Gulshan Police Station at around 1:30am, AnindaTalukdar, sub-inspector of the police station, told the Business Insider Bangladesh.
In his case statement, Baker said he paid Tk 3.10 lakh to Evaly through online banking between May 29 and June 16 to buy some products from the ecommerce platform.
The products were supposed to be delivered within seven to 45 days after deposition of the cash but, the Evaly authorities embezzled the money without ensuring the delivery, Aninda Talukdar, also duty officer of the police station, said quoting the case statement.
Earlier on September 5, Baker contacted the customer care centre of the Evaly to get delivery of products but failed.
