Members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBN) manning the CCTV monitors at the airport noticed Biman security guard Saddam Hossain sneaking out a tablet PC and two mobile phones from a bag in the Lost and Found Department yesterday morning.
Police detained Saddam and found the goods in his possession, said Assistant Superintendent Tanjina Akhter of Airport Armed Police.
Executive Magistrate Muhammad Yusuf of airport mobile court sentenced him to one year in jail in the evening.
The mobile court also sent a letter to Bangladesh Biman, the national flag carrier, to take necessary steps about his job.
According to court sources APBN member Sajedur Rahman, who spotted Saddam’s act, kept watch on him for about an hour.
Then he spotted him stealing again and rushed from the CCTV room to Lost and Found and caught him red-handed.
The court examined the CCTV footage and took Saddam’s confession.
The magistrate said it was unfortunate that Saddam had stolen from the very luggage he had been assigned to guard.“We have asked the authorities to reward the policeman and take necessary steps about Saddam’s job,” he added.
