Suspended Biman Bangladesh Airlines Co-pilot Sabbir Emam Sabbir who was arrested over  "planning to hit the residence of the prime minister with an aircraft", yesterday confessed to his involvement before a magistrate.

Rapid Action Battalion also brought allegation against Sabbir for taking a plane along with passengers to the IS base in Syria.   

Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sarafuzzaman Ansari recorded Sabbir's confessional statement at his chamber for over three hours after Investigation Officer Sub-inspector Amirul Islam of Rab-4 brought him on expiry of his seven-day remand.

However, details of the confessional statement could not be known.

After the recording, the magistrate sent Sabbir to Keraniganj Central Jail.

The Rab arrested Sabbir, his mother Sultana Parvin, their relative Asifur Rahman Asif, and local tea-stall owner Alam after raiding several places of Mirpur on October 31.

Meantime, Biman suspended Sabbir hours after Rab arrested him on October 31.