The High Court today directed the authorities concerned to confiscate Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) worth Tk 2.5 crore deposited to IFDC by Sonia Mehjabin, founder of the controversial e-commerce platform E-Orange
As many as 19,623 cases against 50 e-commerce companies involving about Tk 600 crore filed with the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) are pending, leaving the customers in a state of limbo over their money.
She took advance payment from customers luring them with hefty discounts and then purchased a plot and flat with over Tk 9 crore. Her relatives also purchased property with the customers' money.
A Dhaka court today issued arrest warrant against suspended Inspector of Banani Police Station Sheikh Sohel Rana and his wife Naznin Nahar Bithi, also proprietor of e-commerce platform E-orange, in a case filed over embezzlement of around Tk 78.29 lakh.