HC grants anticipatory bail to Mithila, Faria for 8 weeks

The High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail for eight weeks to actress Rafiath Rashid Mithila and Sabnam Faria in a case filed against them over fraud and embezzlement associated with their involvement in shuttered e-commerce platform Evaly.

The HC bench comprising Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Md Atwar Rahman granted bail to them while they appeared before the court seeking bail in the case.

The HC bench also asked them to surrender before the lower court concerned within eight weeks in connection with the cases.

Lawyers Niaz Morshed and Jasmine Sultana moved for Mithila and Faria respectively during the hearing on the petitions.

On December 4, a victim customer of Evaly, Saad Sam Rahman, filed the case with the Dhanmondi police station against nine people including Evaly CEO Mohammad Rassel, Chairman Shamima Nasrin, actors Tahsan Khan, Mithila, and Faria.

The other accused in the case are Akash, Arif, Taher and Md Abu Taish Kayes.

Mohammad Rassel and Shamima Nasrin, who have been in police custody since the company went bust, were shown arrested in this case.

According to the case, celebrities Tahsan, and Faria were in different positions. Because of their presence and their various promotional talks, Saad Sam invested Tk 3,18,000 in Evaly. He alleged that the plaintiff in the case was deceived because of these celebrities’ promotional talks.

Ikram Ali, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi police station, said these celebrities may be arrested if evidence of their involvement in the allegations against them is found.

Tahsan was the Goodwill ambassador of Evaly, and Mithila was associated with Evaly as the face of the company’s lifestyle products. Besides, Sabnam Faria joined as the chief public relations officer.