2 Biman officials put on 5-day police custody again
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed two officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on a five-day police custody again in a case filed over the glitch in a VVIP flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Those remanded are Biman engineer Najmul Haq, and its junior technician Shah Alam, reports UNB.
Metropolitan Magistrate Nurunnahar Yasmeen passed the order after inspector of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit Mahbub Alam, also investigation officer (IO) of the case, produced them before the court seeking a 10-day fresh police custody on completion of their seven-day remand period.
On January 10, a court here placed them on a seven-day police custody each a day after their arrest in connection with the case.
On December 20 last, 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 the following day, the DMP headquarters 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 last following low oil pressure in its engine.