Controversial e-commerce platform Evaly’s Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Rassel was taken to hospital on Friday night as he felt sick in police custody.
He was, however, back to Gulshan police station after receiving treatment.
Earlier, a court in Dhaka on Friday afternoon placed Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin, the company’s chairman, on three-day remand each in a case of embezzling customers’ money through fraud.
Gulshan police station Sub-Inspector Ohidul Islam, also the investigating officer of the case, said around 9:00pm Rassel informed police that he was feeling unwell.
“He was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital first. As the medicine department was closed due to the Covid-19, Rassel was taken to Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital,” he said.
“According to the physician, Rassel was suffering from acidity. We brought him again to the police station after seeing the doctor.”
Rapid Action Battalion detained Rassel and Shamima from their Mohammadpur residence on Thursday after a customer filed the fraud case against the couple with Gulshan police station that morning.
The Evaly CEO planned to declare bankruptcy if he failed to sell the company to an international or a big domestic organisation with liabilities, according to RAB.
During initial questioning, Rassel and Shamima said the company’s total debt stood at over Tk 1,000 crore, RAB’s Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin told the media on Friday.
“Evaly has been a loss-making company since its inception. All expenses were met with customers’ money, leading to debt accumulation,” he said.
After the briefing, the battalion handed over the couple to police.
