Police arrested popular radio jockey Humayun Kabir Nirob alias RJ Nirob, head of sales (communications and public relations) of E-commerce platform Qcoom in a case filed over fraud.

Confirming the information, Hafiz Al Faruq, additional deputy commissioner of Tejgaon division told UNB that Nirob was arrested  early hours of Friday  from his house at Nobodoy Housing in Adabor after a customer of Qcoom filed a case against six people, including Nirob, at Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station,."

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A Dhaka court  placed him on one-day remand for police quizzing, Hafiz  added.

On October 4, police arrested  Qcoom's chief executive officer Ripon Miah on charges of fraudulence and embezzlement.

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Later on the day, a Dhaka court placed him on two days' remand, in connection with the case filed at Paltan Police .

These arrests come at a time when the country’s e-commerce sector has been rattled by a plethora of scams of different nature, most infamously that of Evaly.