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Lives lost in train ‘arson’

Three coaches of Mohanganj Express from Netrokona were burnt in Dhaka in the small hours of Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023, in an alleged arson attack by protesters in support of the BNP’s hartal, or shutdown. Rescuers recovered four bodies from one of the coaches after dousing the fire.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman speaks to the media at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023, after visiting the victims of an alleged arson attack on the Mohanganj Express train.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman speaks to the media at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023, after visiting the victims of an alleged arson attack on the Mohanganj Express train.
Relatives follow as the bodies of Nadira Akhtar Poppy, 32, and her 3-year-old son Yasin, who died in the Mohanganj Express train fire, are taken to the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023.
Relatives follow as the bodies of Nadira Akhtar Poppy, 32, and her 3-year-old son Yasin, who died in the Mohanganj Express train fire, are taken to the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023.
Husband Mizanur Rahman waits outside the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to receive the bodies of Nadira Akter Poppy and their son Yasin, victims of the Mohanganj Express train fire.
Husband Mizanur Rahman waits outside the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to receive the bodies of Nadira Akter Poppy and their son Yasin, victims of the Mohanganj Express train fire.
Husband Mizanur Rahman waits outside the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to receive the bodies of Nadira Akter Poppy and their son Yasin, victims of the Mohanganj Express train fire.
Husband Mizanur Rahman waits outside the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to receive the bodies of Nadira Akter Poppy and their son Yasin, victims of the Mohanganj Express train fire.
Husband Mizanur Rahman breaks into tears as he waits outside the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to receive the bodies of Nadira Akter Poppy and their son Yasin, victims of the Mohanganj Express train fire.
Husband Mizanur Rahman breaks into tears as he waits outside the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to receive the bodies of Nadira Akter Poppy and their son Yasin, victims of the Mohanganj Express train fire.
Husband Mizanur Rahman breaks into tears as he waits outside the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to receive the bodies of Nadira Akter Poppy and their son Yasin, victims of the Mohanganj Express train fire.
Husband Mizanur Rahman breaks into tears as he waits outside the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital to receive the bodies of Nadira Akter Poppy and their son Yasin, victims of the Mohanganj Express train fire.
The body of Nadira Akhtar Poppy, prepared for her final journey from the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue, is being transported to Netrokona in an ambulance while her husband, Mizanur Rahman, sits next to the coffin.
The body of Nadira Akhtar Poppy, prepared for her final journey from the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue, is being transported to Netrokona in an ambulance while her husband, Mizanur Rahman, sits next to the coffin.
Bodies of victims lie in bags at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue after four people were killed in an alleged arson attack by opposition protesters on the Mohanganj Express train from Netrokona in the wee hours of Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023, just before the BNP’s dawn-to-dusk hartal, or shutdown.
Bodies of victims lie in bags at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue after four people were killed in an alleged arson attack by opposition protesters on the Mohanganj Express train from Netrokona in the wee hours of Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023, just before the BNP’s dawn-to-dusk hartal, or shutdown.
Saboteurs allegedly set fire to the Mohanganj Express intercity train on its way from Netrokona to Dhaka on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023, amid a hartal called by the BNP.
Saboteurs allegedly set fire to the Mohanganj Express intercity train on its way from Netrokona to Dhaka on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023, amid a hartal called by the BNP.
Saboteurs allegedly set fire to the Mohanganj Express intercity train on its way from Netrokona to Dhaka on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023, amid a hartal called by the BNP.
Saboteurs allegedly set fire to the Mohanganj Express intercity train on its way from Netrokona to Dhaka on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023, amid a hartal called by the BNP.
A coach of the intercity train Mohanganj Express was burnt to ashes after saboteurs allegedly set fire to it on its way from Netrokona to Dhaka on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023 amid a hartal called by the BNP.
A coach of the intercity train Mohanganj Express was burnt to ashes after saboteurs allegedly set fire to it on its way from Netrokona to Dhaka on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023 amid a hartal called by the BNP.
A coach of the intercity train Mohanganj Express was burnt to ashes after saboteurs allegedly set fire to it on its way from Netrokona to Dhaka on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023 amid a hartal called by the BNP.
A coach of the intercity train Mohanganj Express was burnt to ashes after saboteurs allegedly set fire to it on its way from Netrokona to Dhaka on Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023 amid a hartal called by the BNP.

bdnews24.com News Service

Published : 19 Dec 2023, 09:44 PM

Updated : 19 Dec 2023, 09:51 PM

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