Train derails as fishplates removed
Rail communication of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet remained suspended for six hours today following a train derailment after miscreants removed fishplates from the railway tracks in Comilla.
The train service resumed around 11:30am, said Anwar Hossain, stationmaster of Nangalkot.
The engine and a bogie of Chittagong-bound Godhuli Express from Dhaka veered off the tracks near Nangalkot outer station around 5:15am but none was hurt, a correspondent from Comilla reported quoting the stationmaster.
The sabotage took place when the BNP-led 20-party alliance is observing the nationwide nonstop blockade for the fifth consecutive to protest against the confinement of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and to realise their demand for a free and fair election under a non-party administration.
Talking to the correspondent, the stationmaster said miscreants removed the fishplates from the lines resulting in the derailment of the train.
Later, a rescue train from Laksam reached the spot and repaired the rail lines.
On Thursday, at least 50 passengers were injured as five carriages and the locomotive of a train bound for Chittagong derailed at Kulaura of Moulvibazar after suspected blockaders removed fishplates.
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