DHAKA, Oct 4, 2021 (BSS) - A court here today placed e-commerce platform 
Qcoom owner and chief executive officer (CEO) Ripon Miah on two-day remand in 
a case lodged under Digital Security Act (DSA) for embezzling money through 
online fraudulence.

   Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Asheq Imam passed the order as police 
produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand in 
the case lodged with Paltan Police Station.

   A customer of Qcoom filed the case and detective branch (DB) of police 
arrested Ripon from Motijheel area on October 3. Ripon in the primary 
interrogation confessed of not delivering goods of around Taka 250 crore in 
spite of taking the money in advance.

   Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional commissioner AKM Hafiz Akter at a 
press briefing earlier today said because of the covid restrictions imposed 
by the government, people got attracted towards online shopping and different 
e-commerce platforms like Qcoom used this in their favor. 

   "They declared different offers and discounts, luring unsuspecting 
customers to pay huge money in advance to get products at comparatively low 
price," he said.