Court orders to interrogate Evaly’s Rassel at jail gate

A Dhaka court asked the investigation officer to interrogate Evaly founder and CEO Mohammad Rassel at the jail gate in a fraud case filed with Gulshan police station in Dhaka.

Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque passed the order on Thursday (September 23).

Earlier, investigation officer in the case produced the accused before the court and pleaded to keep him behind bar. Meanwhile, police sought five days fresh remand of Rassel in another case filed with Dhanmandi police station.

On September 16, the Rapid Action Battalion arrested Mohammad Rassel, the managing director of e-commerce site Evaly, and his wife Shamima Nasrin, amid allegations the company embezzled funds from its customers.