2 girls crushed under trains

Two female students were crushed under trains in separate incidents in Jashore and Netrakona districts on Wednesday, reports UNB.

The deceased were Joytunnesa Munni, 16, daughter of Ariful Islam Sheikh of Dewapara village in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore, and Rani Biswas, 17, daughter of Anil Chandra Biswas of Naihati village of Barhatta upazila in Netrakona district.

In Jashore, Joytunnesa Munni, a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee, was killed after being hit by a Khulna-bound commuter train in Bhanga Gate area of Abhaynagar upazila in the afternoon, said Mohsin Ali, Noapara railway station master.

In Netrakona, a Mymensingh-bound commuter train hit Rani Biswas, a Class-XI student of Malati Barhatta Govt College, in Kadam Deuli area in Barhatta upazila around 10:00am, leaving her dead on the spot, according to the locals.

On information, railway police recovered the body and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy, said officer-in-charge of Barhatta police station Badrul Alam Khan.