Evaly MD Russel gets HC bail in DSA case

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, a Dhaka Court framed charges against Evaly chairperson Shamima Narsin and her husband Russel in the case.
Judge of the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal, AM Zulfiker Hayat, passed the order after a hearing on the charge sheet.
On September 30, 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 Tk2.8 million through mobile financial services bKash and Nagad from January to September of 2020 for buying electronic goods from Evaly.

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