Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Monday directed the concerned bodies of the government to identify the persons or government authorities whose negligence and failure caused serious financial loss and damage to millions of buyers of various online market places popularly known as Evaly, Eorange, Dhamaka, Aleshamar, etc so that appropriate action can be taken against them to recover the financial loss of the buyers.
The court also directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate and identify the amount of money laundered by various ecommerce platforms like Evaly, Eorange, Dhamaka, Aleshamar, etc and find out the persons who committed such money laundering till date.
The High Court bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the
order after hearing three separate writ petitions filed seeking High Court directives over the e-commerce scams.
The High Court also issued rule asking the respondents to explain as to why they should not be directed to identify the persons or government authorities whose negligence and failure caused serious financial loss and damage to millions of buyers of various online market places so that appropriate action can be taken against them to recover financial loss of the buyers.
In the rule the court also wanted to know from the ACC as to why it should not be directed to investigate and identify the amount of money laundered by different online market places and find out the persons who committed such money laundering till date.
The court also wanted to know from the respondents to explain as to why the failure and inaction of the respondents to take necessary actions or preventive measures to protect the rights and interests of the consumers of digital or ecommerce platforms should not be declared illegal. It also wanted to know in the rule as to why the government should not be directed to form a independent regulatory body to oversee the functions of the ecommerce platforms.
Commerce Secretary, Finance Secretary, Information Secretary, Home Secretary, Bangladesh Bank Governor, Anti-Corruption Commission, Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) and other respondents have been asked to comply with the rules within four weeks.
