The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The army-led taskforce acting against serious crime is now preparing a short list of suspected corrupt Biman officials, both in and out of service, to expropriate their wealth made through unfair means.

Sources in the national airline, now a limited company, said that the taskforce on February 12 asked the Biman officials to submit their wealth statements.

The taskforce, which is under supervision of the National Coordination Committee on serious crime and corruption, is now scrutinizing the submitted files and asking the suspected officials about their wealth.

"Some of the officials are being questioned over telephone while a few have been asked to provide documents against their wealth and money statements," one Biman official told UNB.

This process of probing into the national flag carrier, as part of the current purge against institutional corruption, started a few days ago.

"The taskforce will submit the short list of corrupt Biman officials to the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) for taking necessary action," he added.