University student crushed under train in front of father

PBC News:  A university student was crushed under the wheels of a running train while trying to get into it in Natore’s Lalpur upazila.

Deceased Imtiaj Ali, 21, was a student of sixth semester at Barendra University in Rajshahi. He was the son of Ishaq Ali, a resident of Rooppur area under Ishwardi upazila of Pabna district.

The accident took place in front of Imtiaj’s father at Abdulpur Junction Station around 9am.

According to Ziauddin Bablu, station master of Abdulpur Junction, Imtiaj was traveling with his father from Pabna’s Ishwardi to Rajshahi on a commuter train on Saturday morning. He was on the way to his university.

“Imtiaj and his father got down from the train at the Abdulpur Junction station for breakfast at 8:45am. As the train started to leave the station, Entaj tried to get inside hurriedly. But his hands slipped and he met with the tragedy,” Ziauddin Bablu said.