Police arrested three executives of Flight Expert, an online-based airline ticket booking platform, on Saturday night following a case field against its owner on charges of embezzling a large sum of money.
The whereabouts of its Managing Director Salman Bin Rashid are currently unknown. His employees, however, have told the police that Salman may have fled abroad.
Earlier, the website of Flight Expert, a concern of Makkah Group, was suddenly closed on Saturday and rumours began to circulate than Salman had fled abroad.
Owner of Sarkar Tours and Travels Bipul Sarkar filed the case over the incident at Motijheel Police Station that night, alleging that Tk 40 million had been swindled.
The arrestees are company's Head of Finance Sakib Hossain, 32, Chief Commercial Officer Sayeed Ahmed, 40, and Chief Operating Officer AKM Shahadat Hossain, 32. Customers, ticket vendors, agency owners, and those who paid for advance tickets crowded the Flight Expert offices throughout Saturday following the arrest of the three executives.
A police official of Motijheel Police Station said Salman's father MA Rashid has also been accused in the case.
Sayeed along with two others went to the police station to file a general diary, but police nabbed all of them. In his GD, Sayeed said that Salman had secretly fled the country with his family and informed employees of the company's closure in a WhatsApp group message.
MD Salman and his father are veteran businessmen in the country's travel agency sector. Their agency had long been offering tickets as well as different packages for Hajj and Umrah trips.
Flight Expert launched its operations in Bangladesh in March 2017, offering various services, including domestic and international flight bookings, hotel reservations, tour packages, and visa processing. It gained in popularity for offering low-cost ticket.
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