A case has been filed against 14 people over 124 kg gold haul at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in 2013.
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Customs' Assistant Revenue Officer Mustafa Kamal filed the case with police on Friday, said Airport Police Station OC Md Shah Alam.
"There are 10 Biman Bangladesh employees among the accused," he said.
According to sources at the Customs Intelligence Division, the Biman employees are Sweeping Supervisor Abu Zafar, Aircraft Mechanic 'Masud', Security Officer Kamrul Hasan, Engineers Saleh Ahmed, Mojibur Rahman, Assistant Aircraft Mechanic Anis Uddin Bhuiyan, Engineering Hangar Mechanic Osman Gani and Junior Inspection officers Shahjahan Siraj, Raihan Ali and 'Maksud'.
The other four accused in the case are a Nepali national Gourango Rosan, Indian citizen Jason Prince, Bangladesh nationals Jasim Uddin and Milon Shikder, chairman of SA Cargo.
Customs Intelligence Division Assistant Director Umme Nahida Akter said that on Jul 24 last year, 1,165 gold bars weighing 124 kg were recovered from an aircraft of Bangladesh Biman coming from Dubai.
According to customs, the estimated market value of the recovered gold was Tk 540 million. It was the biggest gold haul in the history of Bangladesh.
