Identify those whose negligence caused loss to buyers: HC

The High Court (HC) on Monday directed the authorities concerned to identify the persons or the government bodies whose negligence and failure caused serious financial loss and damage to millions of buyers of various e-commerce platforms so that appropriate actions can be taken against them.

The HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after hearing three separate writ petitions seeking the court's directives over the e-commerce scams.

In the rule, the HC also wanted to know from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) as to why it should not be directed to investigate and identify the amount of money laundered by the e-commerce platforms, like Evaly, Eorange, Dhamaka, Aleshamart, and find out the persons who committed such money laundering till date.

Commerce secretary, finance secretary, information secretary, home secretary, Bangladesh Bank governor, ACC, head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), among others, have been asked to comply with the rule within four weeks.