Another train sabotage attempt failed in Dinajpur

Staff Reporter :
The Rupsha Express train from Chilahati to Khulna escaped an imminent accident after rail sleepers – components that maintain the correct space of the gauges between rail tracks – were removed near Dinajpur’s Birampur station.

The Panchagarh Express train was also delayed for over an hour on Wednesday morning due to damage to the tracks.

Bangladesh Railways Chief Commercial Manager (West) Sujit Kumar Biswas confirmed the matter to the media saying that unidentified saboteurs removed the sleepers from the outer rail line at Birampur Rail Station around 11 pm on Tuesday.

Being noticed about the matter, the train driver and his assistant were able to stop the train on time.

As a result, no accident occurred.”

It is to be noted that Bangladesh has seen five major incidents of rail sabotage amid the series of strikes and blockades organised by the BNP and like-minded parties.

The railway has also reported several incidents of railway lines being set on fire, the removal of other rail track components, and the detonation of improvised explosives in different parts of the country.