Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- A Dhaka court has sentenced Mohammad Rassel, managing director of the e-commerce company Evaly, and his wife, the company's Chairman Shamima Nasrin, to five more years in prison in a fraud case.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain delivered the verdict on Wednesday.

Bench assistant Md Nazmul Islam Talukder said both were fined Tk 10,000 each in addition to the prison term, and in default, they will serve another three months in jail.

Arrest warrants have been issued against the accused as they are absconding, he added.

The couple have now been sentenced to a total of 17 years in prison in six cases.

After starting its journey in December 2018, the online marketplace Evaly advertised products li...