21 Biman officials surrender in graft case, bail hearing May 8

ACC

Twenty-one former and present Biman officials surrendered in a Dhaka court and sought bail in a graft case involving Tk 1,161 crore.

Judge Md Asaduzzaman  of the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court of Dhaka fixed May 8 to hear their bail petitions submitted through their lawyers.

In the order, the court said all the accused would be free until that time, said ACC Assistant Director (Prosecution) Aminul Islam. However, of the accused, two did not surrender.

On February 8, a High Court Division of the Supreme Court rejected their bail plea after they surrendered in the court and sought anticipatory bail in the case.

The apex court also ordered the accused to surrender in the lower court concerned within three weeks in connection with the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

On February 6, the ACC filed the case against 23 people, including Ishrat Ahmed, former flight (Operation) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, for causing financial loss to the national flag carrier.

According to the case statement, the accused colluded and misused their official power to benefit themselves first and then benefit others and embezzled money through fraud by leasing and then returning two aircraft from Egypt Air, causing a loss of Tk 1,161 crore to the Biman. - Special Correspondent