Police in a drive arrested seven people including a ward councillor of Gazipur city in connection with the derailment of a train in Gazipur that left one dead and seven others injured on December 13.
The arrestees were identified as Hasan Ajmal Bhuiya, no 28 ward councillor of Gazipur city corporation, Sohel Rana, Jannatul Islam, Mehedi Hasan, Julkar Naim Ashrafi, Shahanur Alam and Saidul Islam.
All of them were current and former leaders and activists of BNP and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.
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In a press briefing, Gazipur Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Mahbub Alam, said the arrestees thronged the house of councillor Ajmal Bhuiya and held a meeting to carry out sabotage activities.
The arrestees in a planned way uprooted the rail slippers using gas cylinder for two hours at the dead night on Wednesday, he said.
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One died and seven others were injured as seven coaches of the Dhaka-bound Mohonganj Express derailed near the Bhawal railway station after parts of the rail track were uprooted on December 13.
The deceased was identified as Aslam Mia, a passenger of the train.
A case was filed with Kamalapur Railway Police Station on Thursday.
Three separate probe bodies were formed to loot into the accident.