Nasrin’s family wants to take over Evaly

The parents of Shamima Nasrin, former chairman of Evaly, yesterday told the High Court that they would like to take over the company and ensure its revival.

They expressed this desire while virtually appearing before the High Court bench of Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar during a hearing over this issue.

After their statements were taken, Nasrin's parents were told to submit their plans regarding Evaly before the court through an affidavit on February 15.

Rafiqul Alam Talukder and Farida Talukder, Nasrin's father and mother, and Ehsan Sarwar Chowdhury, former executive director of Evaly, told the court they want to buy all the shares owned by Nasrin and her husband Mohammad Russel, the company's former managing director.

They also asked to be included in Evaly's court-appointed board of directors to help run the company as Russel and Nasrin are currently in jail.

On February 7, the same court asked them to show cause in two weeks as to why their bank accounts should not be frozen, Sayed Mahsib Hossain, a lawyer moving a petition before the court for winding up the company, told The Daily Star.

On September 22, the court issued an injunction order restraining Evaly, which allegedly has liabilities of more than Tk 1,000 crore, from selling and transferring its assets until further notice.