Staff Reporter :A case was filed against 14 people, including 10 officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, in connection with the seizure of over 124 kgs gold, the biggest-ever gold haul at Shahjalal International Airport, in 2013.Customs’ Assistant Revenue Officer Mustafa Kamal filed the case with police on Friday, said Airport Police Station OC Md Shah Alam.”There are 10 Biman Bangladesh employees among the accused,” he said.The Customs Intelligence Division and the Biman employees are Sweeping Supervisor Abu Zafar, Aircraft Mechanic ‘Masud’, Security Officer Kamrul Hasan, Engineers Saleh Ahmed, Mojibur Rahman, Assistant Aircraft Mechanic Anis Uddin Bhuiyan, Engineering Hangar Mechanic Osman Gani and Junior Inspection officers Shahjahan Siraj, Raihan Ali and ‘Maksud’. The other four accused in the case are a Nepali national Gourango Rosan, Indian citizen Jason Prince, Bangladesh nationals Jasim Uddin and Milon Shikder, Chairman of SA Cargo.Customs Intelligence Division Assistant Director Umme Nahida Akter said that on July 24 last year, 1,165 gold bars weighing 124 kgs were recovered from an aircraft of Bangladesh Biman coming from Dubai.According to customs, the estimated market value of the recovered gold was Tk 540 million. It was the biggest gold haul in the history of Bangladesh.The six-member committee, led by Director General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate Mainul Khan, was formed on September 22, 2013 following the recovery of 124 kgs of gold from an aircraft.
