Elderly man found dead

An elderly man was found dead under Jhenai Railway bridge in Kompopur area of Sadar upazila yesterday.

The deceased was Ashraf-ud-Doula, 65, of Pashchim Bamna village in Islampur upazila. He ran a welding shop in Jamalpur town.

Ashraful traveled on a Jamalpur-bound train from Islampur on Tuesday night, railway police said quoting the victim's family members.

Ashraful, who possibly  traveled on the train roof,, might have died after being hit by the girder of the rail bridge, said Taposh Chandra Pandit, OC of Jamalpur Railway Police Station.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Jamalpur General Hospital for autopsy yesterday, said the OC.