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Bangladesh Published At: 19 Dec 2023, 19:24 p.m.

Fire in moving train: Bodies of mother-son handed over without post-mortem


fire at Tejgaon Railway
This screengrab from a video shows the Mohonganj Express on fire at Tejgaon Railway Station in Dhaka on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Photo: UNB

Family members took their bodies from morgue


The bodies of a mother and son in the train fire incident at Tejgaon in the capital have been handed over to the family without a post-mortem examination.

They are Nadira Akhter Poppy, 35, wife of Mizanur Rahman of Baruna village in Netrakona, and her son Yasin, 3.

The family members took their bodies from the morgue on Tuesday afternoon.

Confirming the matter, Dhaka Railway police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ferdous Ahamed Biswas said: “I have heard that the body of another person has been identified. It is being verified.”

Miscreants set fire to three compartments of the Mohanganj Express train leaving from Netrakona at Tejgaon station in the capital on Tuesday morning. 

Four passengers of the train including a woman and her child were killed.