Rajendrapur video shows man clinging to closed train door, falls but ‘survives’

Police say he survived the fall after being rescued

A chilling video circulating on social media shows a young street vendor clinging to the outside of a moving train with bottles of water and juice balanced on his head, repeatedly pleading for the train to stop.

Railway officials confirmed that the incident occurred on Monday near Rajendrapur, where the vendor, attempting to board the train, ended up hanging from a closed door.

Witnesses in the video describe the train as moving slowly across a bridge when he leapt aboard and grabbed the handle for dear life, only to slip off after hitting an external fixture.

Rail police said the vendor was taken to hospital, treated for injuries, and later discharged. However, his full identity remains unknown.

Superintendent Anwar Hossain of Dhaka Railway Police said, “We learned about this incident on Monday. The young man was hanging outside with a basket on his head and fell. He was rescued alive, though detailed information about him is still unavailable.”

According to social media posts, including from the Mymensingh Train Community page, the vendor’s basket weighed around 25–30kg, and while passengers tried to help him from inside, the train’s conductors did not intervene.

A rail police officer said, “Boarding a moving train is illegal. But given the circumstances, authorities could have opened the door to prevent this risk.”