In a major move, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has raided the Biman Bangladesh Airlines Headquarters in Dhaka, collecting several documents to investigate irregularities in ticketing for the Dhaka-Guangzhou route.
A team of the anti-graft body, led by its Assistant Director Afnan Jannat Keya, carried out the drive on Wednesday, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minstry and the ACC sources confirmed an English daily.
The ACC team met with the officials concerned, including Biman MD and CEO Zahid Hossain, during their visit from 11am to 11:30pm, the newspaper reported.
A syndicate of Biman officials is reportedly ignoring decisions taken by the national flag carrier’s top management in order to continue selling tickets through travel agencies, it added.
The issue came to light following Biman’s maiden Dhaka-Guangzhou flight on August 18, reports Dhaka Tribune.
As many as 177 tickets for the flight were sold through the travel agency Takeoff Travels, even though the Biman management had issued notices specifying that tickets for the flight would only be sold from official Biman counters.
According to documents from Biman and travel agencies, ticket sales to travel agencies are primarily handled by Biman Marketing and Sales Directorate GM Mohammad Salahuddin, Manager E-commerce Abu Zafor Mohammed Shamsul Alam, Revenue Management Manager AKM Shohidul Hasan, GM (Sales) Dilip Kumar Chowdhury, GM (Revenue) Mohammed Mizanur Rashid and Deputy General Manager (Pricing and RMS) Mohammad Ali Osman Noor and Manager Commercial Anayet Hossain.
