BANGLADESH NEWS
A youth was killed and at least 20 people including a driver were injured as the engine along with two compartments of a train derailed and plunged into a ditch in Gazipur Sadar upazila on Friday morning.
Railway authorities, witnesses and police said the accident occurred around 9:30pm when the compartments of Sundarban Express from Dhaka veered off the track near the outer signal of Gazipur railway station in Dhirasram area.
Ruhul Amin Helal, 28, of Pabna, died on the spot, reports a correspondent from Gazipur.
Gazipur police, railway police and Gazipur fire brigade and civil defence members rushed to the spot and rescued the victims.
Of the injured, Mojibur Rahman and Indrajit Kuman Sarkar, driver and helper of the train, and passengers Lipi Begum, Asma Aktar, Saiful Islam and Arafat Hossain were admitted to Gazipur Sadar Hospital and different local clinics.
Around 500 metres rail tracks were damaged due to the derailment.
Rail communications on the Dhaka-Mymensingh, Dhaka-Rajshahi and Dhaka-Khulna routes remained suspended for at least six hours due to the accident.
Ziauddin Sardar, station officer of Joydevpur railway station, said a relief train from Dhaka after a hectic effort managed to drag the derailed engine and compartments from the tracks at around 2:45pm.
Communications Minister Obaidul Kader visited the spot soon after the incident.
The minister formed two separate four-member probe committees to asking them to submit their reports within four and seven days respectively.
A four-member Railway Dhaka Divisional probe committee headed by Arman Hossain, Dhaka divisional engineer, has been asked to turn in its report within four days.
The other four-member committee named Railway Eastern Zone probe committee was formed with Chief Engineer Mojammel Haq as its head and asked to submit its report within seven days.
The minister also announces to give Tk 1 lakh to the victim's family from the railway fund.
Later, the rail communication resumes around 3:00pm.
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