The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) says it found no evidence to support allegations against actress Tanjin Tisha in the widely discussed “sari case.” The plaintiff has already filed a formal objection (naraji) against the investigation report, which found no evidence of fraud, breach of trust or threats in the complaint brought by fashion designer Ayesha Anum Faiza Sanaya Chowdhury.
Lawyer Shubhra Sinha Roy Roni, representing Sanaya, submitted the naraji petition Thursday in the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah.
The lawyer said the plaintiff and three witnesses have been asked to appear in court on Oct. 20, when a hearing on the matter will be held.
Sanaya Chowdhury filed the case against Tanjin Tisha on Nov. 27, 2025. According to the complaint, Tisha borrowed a sari worth 75,000 taka from her to wear at an event on Dec. 13, 2024, and was supposed to return it afterward, but did not.
Sanaya alleged that when she asked for the sari back, Tisha verbally abused her and threatened her life. She later filed a general diary at Gulshan police station on Nov. 12, 2025, alleging that on Nov. 10, Tisha threatened to file a case against her and to publicly humiliate her via Messenger.
PBI Sub-Inspector Md Jahangir Alam submitted the investigation report to the court on May 25. The report said Tisha had received the sari through her former driver. Reviewing the Messenger conversation between the two parties, PBI said Sanaya sent a message on Dec. 15, 2024, asking for the sari back, but Tisha never saw it.
After Sanaya sent a photo of the sari on Nov. 5, 2025, Tisha said she didn’t remember the matter and would look into it. According to Tisha, her former driver left the job without returning the sari. After later learning about the case, Tisha said, she mailed the sari back.
PBI said that because the sari was returned, no evidence was found to support the allegations of fraud or breach of trust. Similarly, taking into account that the end of the message asked for the return address and wished Sanaya a good life, no evidence was found to support the threat allegation either.
The plaintiff’s side, however, claims that audio evidence of threats and other material were submitted during the investigation but were not properly considered, and for that reason they are not accepting PBI’s report.
This is the second case filed against Tanjin Tisha over a sari. She previously faced a case alleging she took a sari worth roughly 28,800 taka from the online fashion page “Aponia” and failed to keep promises regarding promotion and payment. In that case, a Detective Branch (DB) investigation report said the allegations had preliminary merit. Tisha later appeared in court and was granted bail on Aug. 13.