A new case was filed on Sunday against controversial e-commerce platform Evaly's former chairman Shamima Nasrin and her husband ex-chief executive officer Mohammad Russel on charge of swindling Tk2.6 million out of a customer.
Jannatul Ferdous, a resident of Savar's Hemayetpur, filed the case with Metropolitan Magistrate Debdash Chandra Adhikary's court.
The magistrate recorded the statement of the complainant and directed officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi Police Station to register it as a regular case, said public prosecutor Azad Rahman.
In her complaint, Jannatul said after being attracted with advertisements of Evaly, she ordered goods worth Tk 26,77,500 and paid all the money at Evaly's account. But the company failed to supply the ordered products.
Jannatul then asked Evaly to return the money she paid. Five cheques which were given to her bounced in September and November last year after those were deposited at Hemayetpur branch of United Commercial Bank Ltd.
Later the complainant informed Evaly about it and the company promised her to repay the money. But she has not received the money even in past six months, she mentioned in the complaint.
Rapid Action Battalion on September 16 last year arrested Rassel and Shamima during a raid on their residence in the capital's Mohammadpur, in an embezzlement case filed with Gulshan Police Station.
Later, more embezzlement cases were filed against the couple with Dhanmondi Police Station and in courts.
After serving jail for about eight months, Shamima secured bail and was released from jail on April 6 this year.
On the other hand, Russel, who is also the founder of Evaly, is still in prison in the cases.
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