A woman was crushed under a train on Monday aftee falling on the rail trsck at Poradah railway station in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia.
The deceased was identified as Jaynab Ara Begum, 48, former member of Patikabari Union Parishad under Islamic University police station in Kushtia, and wife of Ahmmad Ali from Uttar Magura village.
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The incident occurred around 10 am at Poradah Railway Station.
Jaynab was waiting for the Rajshahi bound Kapotakkha express train from Khulna at the station to attend a doctor’s appointment in Rajshahi.
“She slipped her leg while hopping on the train in haste just before it was to leave the station. The train already started and she got crushed under it in front of hundreds of witnesses,” said Monjer Ali, officer-in-Charge of Poradah railway station.
He said the body has been sent for an autopsy.