A joint secretary of the Primary and Mass Education Ministry, Ranjit Chandra Sarker, was killed yesterday after being crushed under the wheels of a train in Mymensingh.
Ranjit was a passenger of the Haor Express, travelling from his ancestral home at Garaun village in Netrokona’s Mohonganj upazila to Dhaka. The top official had got down at the Mymensingh rail station when he reportedly slipped and fell under the wheels while trying to climb back onto the running train.
The 50-year-old joint secretary, who was an officer from the BCS ninth batch, had only last week joined as a director at the Directorate of Primary Education.
Rabindra Chandra, the public relations officer for the ministry, said they had no information regarding the death of Ranjit, who had very recently joined the directorate.
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman has expressed grief at the death of the top government official.
