Hartal, blockaders have sabotaged train: DMP Commissioner

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman said those who are calling hartal and blockade have set fire to the ‘Mohanganj Express’ train in Tejgaon in the capital early Tuesday (December 19).

“We suspect that the supporters of hartal and blockade, are responsible for setting fire to the ‘Mohanganj Express’ train in Tejgaon,” he said while briefing journalists after visiting the train sabotage injured at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at noon.

“They have sabotaged trains like this before,” the DMP chief added.

Arsonists set fire to ‘Mohanganj Express’ train around 5am while it was crossing Tejgaon, leaving four persons, including a woman and her three-year-old son, dead.

The deceased were Nadira Akter Poppy, 35, and her son Md Yeasin.