PM's flight glitch: 2 put on 5-day fresh remand

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed two staff of Bangladesh Biman on five-day fresh remand in a case filed over technical glitches on a flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nurunnahar Yasmin passed the order after hearing.

The two accused are Engineer Nazmul Haque and Junior Technician Shah Alam.

Earlier, Inspector of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) M Mahbubul Alam produced them before the court seeking 10 days fresh remand.

Nine employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, were made accused in the case filed under the Special Powers Act with Airport Police Station on December 21.

Seven of the nine suspended employees were arrested hours after the case was filed.

The same day, the seven were placed on seven-day remand each when they were produced before the court.

On November 27, a Biman flight carrying the prime minister had to make an emergency landing at the Ashgabat International Airport in Turkmenistan on her way to Budapest as engine-1 of the plane was losing oil pressure.

risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 18, 2017/Mamun Khan/Nasim