Five security personnel suspended, BAF sergeant closed

Two civil aviation security officials and three Ansar personnel, who were all on duty during the attempted hijack of a Biman plane, have been suspended, reports bdnews24.com.

A sergeant in the Bangladesh Air Force has been closed, said AKM Rezaul Karim, the public relations officer of the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB).

The suspended officials are: Lehaj Uddin Bhuiyan, the civil aviation's security supervisor, Yunus Howladar, a security guard, Ansar personnel Alim Hossain, Mahfuzur Rahman and Saddam Hossain, and Air Force Sergeant Sajedul Islam.

"They were all on duty at the airport's domestic terminal on the day of the attempted hijack," said Rezaul.

"The measures were taken against the six in an effort to expedite the investigation of the committee formed to look into the incident."

On February 24, a young man named Polash Ahmed, used a 'toy gun' to hold the passengers and crew of the Dubai-bound plane hostage, shortly after it took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka for its regular stopover in Chattogram.