The armed suspect—who died in an exchange of fire with security forces after hijacking a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight—has been identified by RAB.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Legal and Media Wing Director Mufti Mahmud Khan told the Dhaka Tribune: “We ran a fingerprint search of the suspected hijacker in the criminal database. The records identified the suspect as Md Palash Ahmed, a resident of Sonargaon area in Narayanganj.
"He has a prior criminal record from an arrest seven years ago. He was arrested with an accomplice for abducting a teenager. They asked for Tk800,000 in ransom. A case had been filed against him on February 22, 2012. The police rescued the victim of kidnapping a little over a month later on March 24. Palash was in jail for 20 days before he was let out on bail," the RAB spokesperson said.
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According to the passenger records of the flight, Palash booked a Dhaka-Chittagong flight on the plane. His seat number was 17A
On Sunday night, an armed suspect who tried to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces during a raid at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong.