Glitch in PMs flight
Two suspended Biman officials remanded
UNB
A Dhaka court yesterday placed two suspended officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on a seven-day remand each in a case filed over glitch in a VVIP flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB.
Metropolitan Magistrate Jakir Hossain Tipu passed the order when Inspector of CTTC M Mahbubul Alam, also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court seeking a 10-day remand for each.
Those who remanded areSM Rokonuzzaman, engineer and Siddiqur Rahman, junior technician.
On December 22, a court sent SM Rokonuzzaman and Siddiqur Rahman to jail when they surrendered before the court in the case.
Earlier, seven officials of Biman, arrested in connection with the incident, were also placed on a seven-day remand each.
Director (Engineering and Management) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines MM Asaduzzaman filed a case against nine officials of the national flag carrier with Airport Police Station under the Special Powers Act on December 21.
The DMP headquarters, later issued an order to transfer the case to the CTTC unit from Airport Police Station.
A Biman flight carrying the Prime Minister had to make an emergency landing at Ashgabat International Airport in Turkmenistan on her way to Budapest on November 27 following low oil pressure in its engine.
Three probe panels were formed by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) and Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on November 28 to look into the flight trouble.
A total of nine Biman officials, including three engineers, were suspended for their negligence of duty in this connection.
