Arsonists have set fire to a carriage of the intercity Haor Express train standing at Mohanganj railway station in Netrokona.
The incident took place at about 6am on Tuesday (10 November) on the west side of the station. The fire burned the rexine covers of four seats in the carriage.
Mohanganj station master Zahirul Islam said the Haor Express from Dhaka reached Mohanganj station at 5:10am. After the passengers got off, the guard and crew also went out to eat. The train was then completely empty.
The arsonists are believed to have taken the opportunity to set fire to carriage “Dha” (D) on the west side of the station. Seeing the fire and smoke, the guard and crew quickly returned and tried to put it out with fire extinguishers. Fire service members then arrived on being informed and brought the fire under control.
The station master said there is no CCTV camera where the carriage was standing, because it was outside the platform. The fire burned the rexine covers of seats 5-6 and 11-12.
Sub-inspector (SI) Mobarak Hossain, in charge of the Mohanganj railway police outpost, said: “Arsonists set fire to the empty train. The train crew, railway police and fire service members put out the fire together. As the carriage was out of CCTV range, the incident is being investigated. Necessary legal action will be taken.”
Train services were not disrupted. The Haor Express left Mohanganj station for Dhaka with passengers at its scheduled time of 8am.
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