Biman sacks five arrested staffers

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has sacked five of its staffers for their alleged involvement in leaking questions for the airline's recruitment examination.

A letter, signed by Biman Managing Director and CEO Zahid Hossain, was issued in this regard on Saturday, saying the order will be effective immediately.

In the order, the national airline said it has sacked motor transport operators Jahangir Alam, Mahfuz Alam Bhuiyan and Enamul Haque, and office assistants Awlad Hossain and Harun-ur-Rashid for "breaching clause 12" of their employment contract.

Meanwhile, police yesterday arrested another Biman employee over his alleged involvement in the leak.

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Md Zahid, whose designation could not be confirmed immediately.

Earlier on Friday, DB arrested the five sacked junior staffers of the national flag carrier over the leak.

DB also seized soft and hard copies of the questions, bank cheques, stamped documents, four diaries, admit cards of examinees, mobile phones and cash during the drive.

The written examination for 10 posts at Biman was postponed on Friday due to the leak. The exam was scheduled to take place from 3:00pm to 4:00pm on that day.

Authorities postponed the exam an hour before it was scheduled to start.

Biman formed an enquiry committee on Friday to investigate the incident

Led by Chief Financial Officer Md Naoshad, the committee was asked to submit its report within five days.

Meanwhile, DMP officials said they are trying to identify the masterminds behind the leak.

DB on Saturday said a syndicate of Biman involved in leak took around Tk 2 to 7 lakh from the examinees in exchange for the questions.

The members of this syndicate were also involved in leaking questions of different recruitment examinations of the national flag carrier earlier.

DB came to know this information by interrogating the five arrested Biman employees.

The DB officials said as per the plan, the arrested staffers of Biman leaked the questions the day before the recruitment exam.