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25 sued over fire at Tangail train

News Desk Police 2023-11-18, 8:12am

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Tariqul Islam, station master of Gharinda Railway Station, filed the case with Kamalapur Railway Police Station,



The railway authority filed a case against 25 unidentified people over setting fire to a train at Gharinda Railway Station in Tangail Sadar upazila on Thursday.

Tariqul Islam, station master of Gharinda Railway Station, filed the case with Kamalapur Railway Police Station, said Officer-in-Charge Ferrous Ahmed on Friday.

Sub-inspector Asraful Islam was given responsibility to investigate the arson incident.

The OC said they are trying to identify and arrest the perpetrators.

A fire broke out at a Tangail commuter train at 2:53am on Thursday and two of its compartments were gutted fully and another partially.

The Bangladesh Railway authorities formed a three-member committee comprising its officials to probe into the incident.