The deceased Mesbah Uddin was the son of Wadud Hossain from Laxmipur district’s Ramgati upazila.

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Rakib Ul Hossain, officer-in-charge of Dhaka Railway Police Station, said the 25-year-old Mesbah was a postgraduate student of Dhaka College’s political science department. “He would live in the city’s Central Road.”

The accident took place around 5:30pm when a train hit Mesbah, leaving him dead on the spot.

“Police recovered the body and sent it to the local hospital morgue for autopsy,” Rakib said.

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“The details of the incident could not be known immediately. The real reason behind the incident can be disclosed after investigation.”

Casualties in train accidents appear to be a common phenomenon in the country – allegedly for a lack of proper maintenance by the authorities and negligence of the commoners.s

However, the country has seen an unusually high number of railway accidents in recent years.

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In November last year, a deadly collision took place between Dhaka-bound Turna Nishita Express and Chattogram-bound Udayan Express on Dhaka-Chattogram route in Mandbagh Railway Station in Kasba upazila.

The tragic train accident in Brahmanbaria left at least 16 people dead and over 100 others injured.

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However, the country experienced far deadlier accidents before.

At least 113 people, including 26 women and 11 children, were killed in railway accidents between January 1 and June 30 this year, says a July report – jointly prepared by Green Club of Bangladesh (GCB) and National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR).

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