UNB :
A case was filed on Wednesday against seven people including owners of e-commerce platform e-Orange in Chattogram on fraudulence charge.
The accused are E-orange.shop owner Sonia Mehzabin, her husband Masukur Rahman Chief Operating Officer Aman Ullah, Bthi Akter, former Chief Operating Officer (COO) Zaidul Firoz ,Nazmul Alam Russell and former police officer Sheikh Sohail Rana.
A customer named Nurul Abshar Parvez filed the case with the court of Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Hossain Mohammad Raza.
It has been alleged that even after paying the full amount in advance, the products remained undelivered for months.
The court took the case into cognizance and directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate it and take action.
Plaintiff’s lawyer Golam Mawla Murad said ,” E-Orange has cheated with millions of customers across the country. We have filed a case at the court seeking refund.”
On September 2, a Dhaka court sent virtual outlet e-orange.shop owner Sonia Mehzabin, her husband Masukur Rahman and, Chief Operating Officer, Aman Ullah to jail in a fraud case filed over embezzlement of Tk 1,100 crore from consumers.
Earlier on August 23, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Morshed Al Mamun Bhuiyan placed the accused on a 5-day remand in the fraud case.
On August 17, the court sent them to jail rejecting their bail prayers when they surrendered to Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abubakar Siddique’s court.
On August 16, an aggrieved customer of E-Orange, Md Taherul Islam, filed a fraud case with Gulshan police in presence of 37 other customers who testified against the accused.
