What was recovered from Polash Ahmed, alleged hijacker of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft, is a useless plastic toy gun, a ballistics test finds.

The ‘gun’ seized from Polash Ahmed, who allegedly tried to hijack the Boeing 737-800 plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on February 24 at Chattogram airport, was a useless plastic toy gun, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) says in its ballistic report.

The Biman carrier that underwent a hijack attempt last month will be returning to the flight list from tomorrow, a top official has said.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) suspends five of its employees on charge of negligence in duty during the alleged hijack attempt of a Biman aircraft at Chattogram airport on February 24.

Investigators have seized two projectiles from the Boeing 737-800 Biman aircraft, which Polash Ahmed reportedly tried to hijack on February 24 at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport.

Investigators get two more days to submit their report on the alleged plane hijacking incident at Chattogram airport on February 24.

The “hijacked” plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume flights within 10 days, Civil Aviation Secretary Mohibul Haque said today. Talking to The Daily Star, the secretary said the Boeing 737-800 sustained two bullet hits and a damaged switchboard during the “hijacking”.

The alleged hijacker of a Biman’s BG-147 flight, Polash Ahmed, has been buried in his village home in Narayanganj.

As new details emerge about the youth killed in a commando operation during an attempt to hijack a flight on Sunday, his identity and activities appear quite dubious.

Chattogram Civil Aviation lodges a case with Patenga Police Station against Palash Ahmed, who reportedly attempted to hijack an aircraft of Biman yesterday, and some unnamed people.

An armed passenger all of a sudden tried to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft bound for Dubai via Chattogram and he (suspect) shouted to intimidate the passengers, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Mahbub Ali tells parliament .

Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry is yet to ascertain whether the pistol used by the Biman “hijacker” was a toy gun. “We have still not been able to confirm whether the hijacker was carrying a real pistol or toy,” says Civil Aviation Secretary Mohibul Haque.

The body of alleged Biman hijacker has a single bullet hole suggesting that he was shot from the front, police said after receiving the body.

A total of 134 passengers of the Biman Bangladesh flight, which made emergency landing at Chattogram airport yesterday following an attempted hijacking, leave the port city for Dubai.

No one has gone to claim the body of the alleged Biman hijacker at Chittagong Medical College morgue. The man, in his mid-20s, has been identified by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) as Md Palash Ahmed, a criminal of Narayanganj. Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said it found fingerprint match with the “hijacker” with one Md Palash Ahmed, a criminal from Narayanganj’s Sonargaon.

Law enforcers today said the alleged Biman hijacker is a listed criminal of Narayanganj.

Amid confusion over what had actually happened during Biman’s flight BG147, Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry forms a probe committee to investigate the “plane hijacking” incident at Chattogram airport.