Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch has arrested Evaly Chairman Shamima Nasrin and Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Rassel. The arrest took place just after midnight on Tuesday, January 20, in the Dhanmondi area of the capital. The information was confirmed by Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman of the DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division.

According to reports, more than two hundred arrest warrants have been issued against Shamima Nasrin and Mohammad Rassel in cases filed with Dhanmondi, Kafrul, and Savar police stations. Over one hundred of these warrants are from Dhanmondi Police Station alone. The arrests are linked to these pending cases.

Previously, both were arrested on September 16, 2021, from their Mohammadpur residence in connection with allegations of fraud and embezzlement. Shamima Nasrin was released on bail in April 2022, and Mohammad Rassel in December of the same year.