Biman Recruitment: Eight involved in question leak still in committees
At least eight Biman officials, who were involved in question paper leak of recruitment test last year, are still members of its examination and recruitment committees, said insiders of the national flag carrier.
Biman has a seven-member examination committee and another seven-member recruitment body. Three to four officials, who were found involved in the scam, are members of each of the committees.
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In October last year, the civil aviation ministry, Biman and Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police formed three separate bodies to investigate the question leak.
The committees found involvement of around 41 Biman officials in the irregularities, said investigators.
After the allegation of question leak surfaced, Biman postponed the written exams for several hundred posts, including junior operator GSE (casual), driver and junior tailor.
According to probe reports of the ministry and Biman committees, Zahid Hossain, former Biman managing director and CEO, supervised the entire recruitment exam process, which was plagued with irregularities such as missing exam committee meeting minutes and improper handling of the USB drive that contained the exam question papers.
The bodies recommended action against the 41 officials, and that the officials not be included in future recruitment test committees.
Biman MD Zahid and Major Taiz, deputy general manager of security of Biman, were removed based on the probe reports, said sources in Biman.
When asked about the issue, Biman MD Shafiul Azim didn't make any comment.
Requesting anonymity, a top Biman official said some officials involved in leaking question papers have been co-opted to the administrative work related to the examination.
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