E-orange CEO, former owners sent to jail

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail of four former and incumbent officials of E-orange and sent them to jail on expiry of their remand in a case filed over embezzlement of around Tk 1,100 crore.

The accused are former owners of the e-commerce platform -- Sonia Mehjabin and her husband Masukur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer Md Amanullah Chowdhury, and former Chief Operating Officer Md Nazmul Alam Russel, court sources said.

Metropolitan Magistrate Md Baki Billah passed the order after Gulshan Police Station Inspector Aminul Islam, the investigation officer, produced them and appealed to the court to confine them to jail until the investigation is completed.

A customer -- Md Taherul Islam -- filed the case on August 16 over embezzlement of nearly Tk 1,100 crore, according to police.