PM gives special grants to families of two slain railway guards

Guard Humayun Kabir was burnt to death near Bhairab when a group of unruly people set fire to the Dhaka-bound Subarna Express on August 22, 2004.

The other, Bhasan Chandra Aaich, was killed by miscreants in the Chittagong-bound Turna Nishitha train on October 1, 2003.

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Khaleda handed over the cheques to Humayun's wife Begum Mahfuza Begum and Bhasan's wife Smriti Chowdhury at a simple ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office.

Health Minister Dr Khandakher Musharraf Hossain, Communi-cations Minister Nazmul Huda, Fisheries Minister Abdullah Al Noman, Prime Minister's Political Secretary Harris Chowdhury and State Minister for Communications Salahuddin Ahmed were also present.