3 die after falling off trains

Three people died after falling off the roofs of running trains near Dhirasram rail station in Gazipur city on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, reports UNB.

One of the deceased is Zinnah, from Pabna district.

Helal Uddin, the station master, said two of the bodies were spotted around 11:00pm on Tuesday.

He suspected that someone might have pushed them off or they might have fallen accidentally.

Locals recovered the body of an unidentified man, aged about 35, from near the rail station soon after Khulna-bound ‘Chitra Express’ from Dhaka left around 10:30pm on Tuesday.

They also rescued Zinnah in critical condition from near the station and took him to Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College Hospital. He succumbed to his injuries later that night.

The body of another unidentified man, aged about 45, was found near the outer signal of the rail station on Wednesday morning.

Railway sources said they suspected that muggers had thrown the three men off trains.