Biman’s GM, 3 directors quizzed

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Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has interrogated Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ General Manager and three directors for irregularities in pilot recruitment.
Earlier, ACC Assistant Director M Saiful Islam, who served notices on Tuesday (July 23) asking them to appear before the ACC Headquarters for interrogation at 10:00am on Sunday.
The officials are: General Manager (Admin) Bushra Islam, Director (Admin) Partha Kumar Pandit, Director (Engineering and Material Management)
Sazzadur Rahim and Director (Procurement and Logistic Support) Mohammad Mominul Islam, said ACC’s Public Relations Officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee.
He said that the Biman officials allegedly took bribe while recruiting cadet pilots and were engaged in corruption. On the other hand, Pranab said, the current MD and CEO of Biman Farhat Hassan Jamil has been asked to appear before the Commission on July 29.
Meanwhile, Biman’s Chief Financial Officer Vineet Sood, Marketing and Sales Department’s Director Ashraful Alam, Director of Planning Department M Mahbub Jahan Khan and Chief of Training Fazal Mahmud have also been asked to appear before the ACC on July 29 to give their versions.
 The ACC asked recently-dismissed managing director and chief executive officer AM Mosaddique Ahmed, for irregularities in pilot recruitment to appear before it on July 30. ACC officials said Mosaddique and the nine others are accused of taking bribes and abusing power in appointing cadet pilots.
The others are Biman ground service supervisors GM Zakir Hossain, Mizanur Rahman and AKM Masum Billah, junior ground officer Moshiqur Rahman, commercial supervisors Rafiqul Alam and Golam Kaiser Ahmed, commercial officers Zawed Tarique Khan and Mahfuzul Karim Siddique, and junior commercial officer Marf Mehedi Hasan.
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