Death toll from Moulvibazar train crash rises to 6

The death toll from Sunday night’s train crash at Baramchal in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar rose to 6 while the number of injured to over 100.

The accident disrupted Sylhet’s rail communications with other parts of the country, including the capital.

The Railway authorities formed a four-member committee headed by Md Mizanur Rahman, chief mechanical engineer of the railway’s east zone to investigate the incident. 

Md Mofazzal Hossain, secretary of the railway ministry, on Monday morning, confirmed the matter to Jago News.

Yardous Hasan, officer-in-charge of Kulaura Police Station, said the accident took place when six coaches of Dhaka-bound ‘Upaban Express’ from Sylhet veered off the tracks around 11:40pm after a culvert over the Barochhara Canal, 200 yards off Baramchal Railway Station, broke down. 

Two of the coaches fell into the canal and one of them overturned, he said. 

On information, 27 units of fire service members, police and locals rushed in, and conducted the rescue operation, said officer-in-charge of Kulaura Government Railway Police Station Md Abdul Malek.