The railway link was disrupted when four wagons of a Chittagong bound goods train from Dhaka derailed at Bara Bazar railway gate at Akhaura at about 8pm Monday. About 50 feet of the track was damaged, which was also repaired, railway sources said yesterday.

A four-member body headed by Divisional Transport Officer (Dhaka) Sarder Shahadat Ali yesterday began probing the accident. It may submit its report today.

A probe body member seeking anonymity told this correspondent that the accident took place due bad condition of the railway track.

Railway records showed that 10 major train accidents took place on the Dhaka-Chittagong track between Brahmanbaria and Comilla in since April this year.

The Jalalabad Expres derailed at Kasba in Brahmanbaria at dead of night on April 16, keeping hundreds of passengers stranded.

On April 29, another accident took place at Rasulpur in Comilla. The rest of the accidents took place on April 30 at Lalmai, on May 1 at Sashidal, on May 2 at Akhaura.

On May 3, the Karnafuli Express met with accident at Akhaura, injuring at least 10 passengers.

All the accidents took place due to bad condition of tracks. Formation of probe body after each accident is a usual phenomenon, but remedial steps are still far away, the sources said.

On April 4, a relief train also derailed when it was returning after salvaging a container-carrier train that derailed between Kasba and Saldanadi railway stations.

The sources said most of the accidents occurred due to lack of adequate stones and weak wooden slippers on tracks.

Dog-spikes (joint nut) are often stolen from tracks, said Abul Kalam Azad, station master of Akhaura station. These are re-installed wherever found missing, he added.