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Train derails in Jamalpur

Unb, Jamalpur
Train communications on Dhaka-Jamalpur route remained suspended for about five hours as a compartment of a train derailed at Piarpur rail station yesterday morning. Sources said a compartment of Dewanganj bound mail train from Dhaka veered off the track at about 7:15 am, disrupting train movement on the route. At least 10 people were injured while the panicked passengers were trying to jump down from the compartment. Railway sources said a relief train from Mymensingh reached the spot at 9 am and removed the compartment at about 12:30 pm.