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Zakat wears: Mom, kid among 4 killed under train in Tangail

Accidents 2023-04-19, 1:20pm

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Local people collecting the bodies of four women who were crushed under a train in Tangil on Wednesday. UNB



Tangail, Apr 19  -Four women, including a mother and her daughter, were crushed under the wheels of a train on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Mirhamjani in Kalihati upazila of Tangail district this morning. 

The deceased were identified as Basanti Rani, Aroti Rani Das, Shanti Rani and her daughter Shilpi Rani. 

Maniruzzaman Manir, station master of Bangabandhu Bridge East Rail Station, said the accident occurred around 5:30 am when the Dhaka-bound ‘Ekota Express’ train hit the four while they were walking on the rail tracks, leaving them dead. 

They met the tragic end while heading towards Salla to receive Zakat clothes early this morning. 

On information, police recovered the bodies. - UNB