10 Biman staff get bail in PM plane glitch case

Ten among the 11 accused in a case filed over the technical glitch in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s flight were granted bail today after a year of their arrest.

Metropolitan Magistrate Subrata Ghosh Shuvo passed the order after lawyer of the accused moved separate petitions seeking bail in the case.

The magistrate said they were granted bail as the investigation officer on Thursday submitted a probe report clearing all the accused of the charges.

Police in the report said the charges brought against the 11 were not proved and they should be relieved.

The 11 Biman staffers are: SM Rokonuzzaman, Samiul Haque, Lutfor Rahman, Milon Chandra Biswas, Zakir Hossain and Siddiqur Rahman of Biman's engineering and technical department, Debesh Chowdhury, chief engineer (production), SA Siddique, chief engineer (quality assurance), Billal Hossain, principal engineer, Shah Alam, engineer (technician) and Najmul Haq, engineer (officer).

Of them, Najmul Haq earlier secured bail from the High Court.