An unidentified youth was killed after being hit by a running train at Ashkona rail gate area on Monday.
Mohiuddin, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Kamalapur Railway thana police, recovered the body of the 22-year old youth from the Ashkona railgate area at around 8:30 am.
The youth, wearing white coloured full shirt and ash coloured jeans pant, might have been knockout by a train sometime between 5:30 am and 6:30 am. He died on the spot, ASI Mohiuddin said.
The body was kept at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, he said.