Dhaka-Sylhet train service resumes

Upaban Express derails after criminals remove slippers

Labourers work to restore train service on Dhaka-Sylhet route as it remained snapped following a train derailment in Moulvibazar Tuesday. Six compartments of a train derailed as miscreants removed slippers from railway tracks. Photo: Star

Rail communication between Dhaka and Sylhet was restored on Tuesday afternoon nearly 12 hours after a train derailed following removal of slippers by criminals in Moulvibazar.
Our Moulvibazar correspondent reported that the engine and six bogies of “Upobon”, a Sylhet-bound train from Dhaka, derailed at Boranshal around 3:30am, said Mujibur Rahman, assistant engineer of local railway station.

The derail occurred after miscreants removed several slippers from the tracks sometimes on Monday night.
A relief train from Sylhet rushed to the spot and conducted the salvage operation, Md Alamgir, officer-in-charge of Sylhet Government Railway Police Station, told The Daily Star.
Police arrested three Shibir and two BNP activists at Kulaura Dakkhin Bazar at noon suspecting their involvement with removing slippers from the tracks, said Dilip Kumar Das, OC (investigation) of Kulaura Police Station.
The arrestees are Shibir men Abul Kashem Azad, Redwanul Haque and Abdul Kashem and BNP activists Alamgir and Abdul Matlab.
Meanwhile, a four-member body was formed to investigate into the matter.
The probe committee was asked to submit a report within three days.