Train derails, 10 injured in Pabna
A Joydevpur-bound passenger train derailed near Ishwardi Railway Station yesterday morning, leaving up to 10 injured after the engine and three carriages veered off the tracks.
The derailment happened some 500 metres from the station at about 5:00am as “someone had removed fishplates from the lines”, said Sujit Kumar Biswas, divisional traffic officer of Railway Pakshey division.
Train services on Dhaka-Ishwardi route resumed around 3:00pm when the railway workers completed their repair works on tracks after removing the derailed engine and bogies.
“A primary investigation has found that someone might have removed the fishplates to disrupt the train movement across the country. This is absolutely an act of sabotage,” Pankaj Kumar, divisional railway manager, told The Daily Star.
“We assume that the pro-hartal activists might be responsible for the sabotage but the matter has yet to be confirmed,” he said, adding that a five-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident.
A case was filed with the Ishwardi Government Railway Police (GRP) Station.
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