The Criminal Investigation Department of police arrested six officials, including the head of operations, of e-commerce platforms Tholay.com and Wecoom.com on allegation of embezzling Tk 2.5 crore.
According to a statement released on Monday, police said the arrests were made after a complaint was filed against the two e-commerce companies.
The arrestees are — head of operations of the virtual outlet Md Nazrul Islam, account officer Md Sohel Hossain, 27, digital communication officer Md Tareq Mahmud Anik, 28, sales executive officer Md Sazzad Hossain alias Piyash, 27, call centre executive officer Munna Parvez, 26, and supervisor Md Masum Hasan, 27.
The officials arrested swindled customers out of crores of taka through fraudulence using lucrative advertisements of selling different products at a cheap rate, the statement said.
Process of filing a case is underway.
