Next week, two officials of Daraz will be interrogated again

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is not satisfied with the response of two high officials of e-commerce company Daraz regarding the sale of virtual cards of foreign banks and has said that they will be interrogated once again next week. Earlier on Tuesday (November 16), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) interrogated Head of Stock Stakeholder Shamsul Islam Masood and Head of Commercial Kamrul Islam. The two officials claimed that a third party had sold the virtual cards in response to a two-hour long interrogation at the CID office in the capital's Malibagh from 12:15 pm. However, the e-commerce company could not avoid its liability as the transaction was done through Daraz's account, said Humayun Kabir, Special Superintendent of Police, CID's Financial Crime Unit. "We are investigating the allegations against Daraz," he said. They were asked to come to the CID office. They came today and talked to us. They have been asked for some information and some documents. They will be called for questioning at CID again later. Officials at the CID said two senior officials of the e-commerce company were called in for questioning in the interest of an investigation against Daraz for allegedly selling illegal virtual goods worth about Tk 9,000 crore. In addition to the CID investigation, several other agencies are looking into the legal aspects of selling Daraz's virtual products. At the same time, they are being asked to submit data about selling their products. Daraz was also given a show cause notice for conducting the campaign in defiance of the Commerce Ministry's instructions. Relevant sources said that the CID, after conducting a shadow investigation for a long time, found evidence of illegal sale of unauthorized products in Daraz. Later, under the direction of senior officials, the Financial Crime Unit launched a multi-pronged investigation against Daraz. On November 4, CID summoned Daraz's bank account through Bangladesh Bank after finding evidence of sale of illegal goods.