Grenade left on rail track

Train communications on Jamalpur-Dewanganj route remained suspended for five hours yesterday as a grenade was found on the rail track near Chandra rail crossing in Jamalpur town.
Police and witnesses said railway workers found the grenade around 10:00 am while they were working near the rail crossing.
Being informed, Jamalpur Railway Thana police rushed to the spot and suspended train service on the route.
The train communication resumed around 3:00 pm after a team of explosives experts from Ghatail Cantonment defused the grenade.
It is suspected that miscreants kept the grenade on the rail track for carrying out sabotage, reports UNB.
Meanwhile, the government yesterday made Mohammad Mahbub-ur Rahman, the railways secretary, an officer on special duty.
He was attached to the public administration ministry, a gazette notification of the ministry said.
The notification, signed by the ministry's Deputy Secretary Abdul Quiyum, did not mention any reason behind his removal, reports our staff correspondent.
The removal came against the backdrop of frequent attacks on trains and railway establishments across the country.
Sources at the Railway Bhaban, however, said his removal has nothing to do with the recent sabotage in the railway establishments.
“He was criticised for his poor performance as railway secretary,” said a senior railway official.
To protect the Bangladesh Railway from any sort of terrorist acts, the railways ministry yesterday urged all to inform it of possible sabotage through some mobile phone numbers, reports BSS.
The numbers are: 01711691520, 01711691564, 01711691635, 01711691621, 01711691594, 01711506140, 01711506150 and 01711506149, according to a ministry press release.
Meanwhile, the High Court yesterday directed the government to arrest within 48 hours the culprits who had attacked a sub-inspector of police in Rajshahi and damaged rail tracks in Bogra and Comilla recently.
The court asked the government to submit separate reports to it within 72 hours on the steps taken against the culprits.
It also asked the government to explain in two weeks why the authorities concerned should not be directed to take appropriate legal action against them.
The HC bench comprised of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain came up with the orders and the rules in a suo moto move following separate news reports published in two newspapers including The Daily Star.
According to The Daily Star report published on April 2, Shibir activists attacked the law enforcers on April 1, leaving four including SI Jahangir Alam, in-charge of Upashahar police camp in Rajshahi, critically injured.
Home secretary, inspector general of police, deputy commissioners and superintendents of police of Rajshahi, Bogra and Comilla have been made respondents to the rules, Deputy Attorney General Bishwajit Roy told The Daily Star.