Boy run over by train

A six-year-old boy sustained critical injuries after being run over by a train at Khilgaon in the city yesterday.
The minor, while crossing the railway lines at Khilgaon along with his grandfather, fell on the tracks and met with the running train around 11:00am.
The boy, Mehedi Hasan Asif, was the only son of a buying-house businessman Mohammd Sumon of Bagicha.
Asif was returning home from Bangladesh Ideal School in Khilgaon where he studied in class-1.
"Asif returned home everyday holding my hands. But today, he ran forward leaving me behind," said his 55-year-old grandfather Mohammd Mamun.
"Everything happened within a moment and I had to witness the tragic incident, but I could not do anything to save Asif," he added.
Witnesses said a train had just passed when Asif ran forward and did not see another train on an adjacent track approach. He fell down on the tracks and stood up but the train ran over the lower portion of his body, severing one leg, they added.
Asif was first rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and then shifted to Pongu Hospital. Considering his critical condition, he was later shifted to Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital in Dhanmondi.
Asif has been taken to the operation theater from Intensive Care Unit, doctors said last night, adding that his remaining leg might have to be amputated.