5 Biman official-employee remanded over question paper leak

Five officials and employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were placed on a two-day remand by a court in capital Dhaka on Saturday for their alleged involvement in disclosing an enrollment question paper prior to the exam.

The remanded officials and employees of the national airlines agency are - Awlad Hossain, 21, Md Jahangir Alam, 36, Enamul Haque, 28, Md Harun-ur Rashid, 40 and Mahfuzul Alam, 31.

As they were produced before the court this morning, police pleaded for granting a seven-day remand for the sake of proper investigation into the scam.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanta Akhter passed the order after hearing both sides.

Earlier on October 21, the recruitment examinations for 100 posts of the national carrier agency were suspended due to the allegations of question leak.

Police in subsequent action, arrested the Biman officials and employees for their alleged involvement in question paper leak on the same day.

On October 22, they were placed on a six-day remand by the court.

Source: BSS