A 52-year-old man died after being crushed under the wheels of a speeding train at Nawapara rail station of Jashore on Thursday afternoon, said a railway police official.
The deceased--Sheikh Faruq Hossain--was an accounts manager of Sidlu Jute Mill in Jashore’s Nowapara and son of Sheikh Golam Hossain of Tutpara of Khulna city.
Anamul Haq, in-charge of Government Railway Police (GRP) in the Nowapara station, said the accident happened around 4 pm when the victim went under the wheels of the Khulna-bound Sundarbans Express train while trying to get on the running train in the station.
The accident left him dead on the spot, he said, adding that the body was sent to Jashore Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Legal action will be taken after getting the autopsy report in this connection, he added.