The High Court (HC) on Monday sought explanation in two weeks as to why they should not be directed to freeze all the bank accounts of Evaly's ex-managing director and CEO, and ex-chairman's family members.
The family members include mother, father, sister, brother, daughter and son of the Rassel-Narsin couple.
In a show-cause notice, it also sought to know as to why the respondents should not be directed to freeze all the bank accounts of the owner of the building that houses Evaly office.
The HC bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar passed an order after hearing a petition filed by the court-appointed board of directors.
The court also fixed February 10 as the date for the sale of six cars of Evaly Limited.
A deputy registrar and an assistant registrar of the HC division will oversee the auction process.
The court also directed the DMP commissioner and RAB director general to deploy police and RAB members during the auction.
On February 03, the current board issued a notification to sale seven vehicles, including Range Rover.
The minimum price of these vehicles has been fixed at Tk 23.7 million.
The court-appointed board has also secured the HC's permission to appoint renowned audit firm Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co to do the auditing of the controversial e-commerce company.
Barrister Morshed Ahmed Khan appeared in the court on behalf of the Evaly board of directors while barrister Syed Mahsib Hossain stood for customers.
Following a petition filed by a customer, the same court on September 22 in 2021 directed the bodies concerned to restrain from selling, transferring or disposing of Evaly assets until disposal of the case.
Later, the court on October 18 formed a five-member panel to oversee the overall management and the company affairs of Evaly.
It appointed Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, a former judge of the appellate division, as chairman and Mahbub Kabir Milon, an additional secretary, as ex-officio managing director of Evaly.
But due to the HC embargo, the court-appointed board could not operate the accounts of the company and sell, rent or dispose of the assets of the company.
In the circumstances, the board filed the petition to bring modification of the HC order.
The court-appointed board in the petition said, "The ex-managing director and CEO of the company Mohammad Rassel and ex-chairman Shamima Narsin have siphoned off substantial amount of money from the company's bank accounts to their personal accounts."
"However, the court-appointed board couldn't ascertain in the exact amount because there were many cash withdrawals," it added.
