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E-orange owners sent to jail


Published : 17 Aug 2021 09:53 PM | Updated : 18 Aug 2021 12:25 AM

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent E-Orange top brass to jail.

They are Sonia Mehjabin and her husband Masukur Rahman, owners of the e-commerce company.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Bakar Siddique passed the order.

However, defense lawyer pleaded for their bails. Earlier, the couple surrendered before the court after a case was filed against them by customers.

Agitated customers filed a case against five people, including the owners, with Gulshan Police Station bringing the allegation of embezzling Tk 1,100 crore on Tuesday.

Other accused are Amanullah, Bithi Akhter and Kawser.

A group of customers held a demonstration again demanding protesting the delay of E-orange in delivering pending orders on Monday.

The E-orange company was supposed to publish a product list outlining the pending orders and the stipulated delivery time.

However, instead of publishing the list, it sought up to 45 to 60 days, which led to customer resentment.

At one stage, some customers filed a case against the company fearing the owners had sought time to be able to flee the country.

Earlier on August 12, E-orange posted on their Facebook page that though their office was reportedly vandalised by resellers.  They also promised to deliver products on August 16.

On August 11, more than 50 customers staged a sit-in protest in front of the office.