The railway department suspended an engineer for his alleged negligence in conducting train properly that led the accident. The suspended official was identified as Saiful Islam, way engineer of Kushtia rail station.

A five member’s probe body headed by Ashishis Kumar Mondol also formed to investigate the matter.

Besides, the rescue work of derailed wagon of railway on Kushtia-Rajbari link has started. This may take hours to be completed, said Paksi Divisional Railway Manager Shahidul Islam.

A four-wheeler trolley carrying railway construction equipment collided with a freight train at Milpara near Kushtia Boro railway station around 2:15 pm on Friday. After pushing some distance, the trolley went under the engine of the freight train. Stuck in the sixth carriages. 5 out of 10 bogies were twisted and derailed.

Due to this incident, four trains on Poradaha-Goaland and Rajshahi-Tungipara routes have been declared suspend.

Talking to Shaheda Khatun on the spot. “I heard sound of the collision, I ran out and saw the train coming to a halt,” she said. Another eyewitness, Rafiqul Islam, said there was a lot of sound at that time and the ground was shaking like an earthquake.

Mostafizur Rahman, the driver of the train, said that the link was some noise with houses, it was hard to clear what was in front.

“Moreover, I had no information that the trolley would come. The trolley hit at first then I didn’t understand anything anymore,” driver said.

Then I slowly stopped. Later I realized that the trolley was crushed and went under the engine. He said the train was coming from Rohanpur in the border area of ​​Chapainawabganj. Loading Indian wheat in bogies. It is supposed to go to Faridpur.

Meanwhile, a rescue train arrived from Ishradi at 4.50 pm.

Paksi Divisional Railway Manager Shahidul Islam said, shunting work has already been completed. In other words, the bogies that were in good condition have been dragged to Kushtia Court Station. The main work is going on now. All in all, it may take 10 to 11 am on Saturday for the rescue operation to be completed.

“Initially we know the rail loaded push trolley is lifted over the main line,” he said. There was no such thing. For this reason, Permanent Way Inspector (PWI) Saiful Islam has been suspended. This rail push trolley was supposed to be used to work on the railway section towards Rajbari.