Rail line sabotage: Ward councillor, 6 others arrested

Police have arrested councillor for ward no. 28 of Gazipur City Corporation Hasan Ajmal Bhuiyan and six others for their alleged involvement in carrying out sabotage at the railway line in Gazipur.

A press conference will be held in this regard on Sunday (December 17) noon.

An official of Gazipur Metropolitan police, seeking anonymity, confirmed the matter to risingbd.

Earlier, a total of seven compartments including the locomotive of Intercity Mohanganj express train derailed at Bonkhoria area under Prohladpur union of Sreepur in Gazipur around 4:30 am on early Wednesday (December 13).

One passenger named Aslam Hossain (35) from Mymensingh’s Gafargaon was killed while several others were injured in this connection.

A three-member investigation committee was formed and a case was filed over the derailment.