PM's Plane Glitch: 2 sent to jail, 3 denied bail

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Thursday sent two suspended officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to jail and denied bail of three others in a case filed over emergency landing of a Biman flight carrying prime minister to Hungary.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order on Thursday.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines Engineer division officer Mohammad Rokonuzzaman and Technician Siddiqur Rahman were sent to jail while Biman official Samiul Hague, Lutfar Rahman and Jakir Hossain were denied bail.

Earlier, DMP’s Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit Inspector Mahbubul Alam produced the two accused before the court after 14 days remand.

Biman Director (engineering and management) MAM Asaduzzaman filed a case on December 20 under the Special Powers Act with Airport police, accusing nine of its engineers who had been suspended based on preliminary findings.

So far, 11 people have been arrested over the incident. Seven of them were sent to jail and four others are on remand.

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