Three people, including a mother and her son, were killed by trains in two separate incidents in Bogra and Gopalganj.
In Bogra, a woman, along with her mentally challenged son, were run over and killed by a train on Monday afternoon.
The deceased are Felani Begum, 52, and Raj Babu, 27.
Quoting witnesses, police said Raj Babu was sitting on the rail line when Dhaka-bound Lalmoni Express, hailing from Lalmonirhat, was crossing Bogra’s Kahaloo Railway Station around 1.30pm. Noticing the approaching train, Felani tried to save Babu, but both of them died after being run over by the speeding train.
Confirming the incident, Kahaloo police station Officer-in-Charge Zia Latiful Islam said the severed bodies of the mother and son were recovered and handed over to Government Railway Police.
Some of the local witnesses said mentally challenged Babu tried to jump in front of the train after quarreling with his family.
Bogra Railway Police Sub-Inspector Firojul Islam said the bodies were handed over to the victims’ family.
In Gopalganj, a hearing impaired man died after being run over by a train in the district’s Kashiani upazila on Sunday around 11pm.
The deceased was identified as Alam Sardar, 46.
The incident occurred on the Gopalganj-Rajshahi rail line near the Tilchara rail crossing in Kashiani.
Ramdia police outpost in-charge Inspector Md Aminur Rahman said Alam, who was hard of hearing, was walking on the rail line when the Gopalganj-bound Tungipara Express hailing from Rajshahi was crossing the area. He died on the spot after being run over by the train.
