The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, which is an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police, recently arrested three officials of e-commerce platform, including its Chief Operating Officer (COO) — the arrested persons have been identified as Dhamaka COO Sirajul Islam Rana, Imtiaz Hasan Sabuj, Category head of mobile fashion and Ibrahim Swapan, Category head of electronics — on charges of fraud even as RAB underlined the e-commerce firm was operating without any trade licence and used to make transactions in the name of Invariant Telecom Bangladesh Ltd.
It may be mentioned here that on 23 September, a customer of the e-commerce platform filed a case against the Chairman, Managing Director and COO of Dhamaka Shopping with Tongi West Police Station.
Meanwhile, speaking to the media at a press briefing, Director of RAB Legal and Media wing Commander Khandaker Al Moin, reportedly, maintained that RAB had detected transactions of Taka 750 crore by the e-commerce entity, adding, “Dhamaka Shopping has no trade license and its transactions were made in the name of Invariant Telecom Bangladesh Ltd. tactfully, even as he underlined Dhamaka Digital launched its operation in 2018 and officially started its operation as Dhamaka Shopping in 2020.
