A case has been filed in connection with Monday's deadly train accident in Kishoreganj that left at least 17 dead and scores injured.
Billal Hossain, on behalf of the victims' families, filed the case with Bhairab Railway Police Station against three people on Wednesday morning, said Alim Hossain Shikdar, officer-in-charge of the police station.
The accused were: the driver of the goods-carrying train, Jahangir Alam, his assistant Atiqur Rahman, and director (guard) Md Alamgir.
Meanwhile, a probe body led by the Fire Service visited Bhairab Railway Junction on Wednesday noon to investigate the accident.
According to the control room sources, the container train violated the signal, triggering a fatal accident.
Three people have been suspended in connection with the incident.
Abul Kalam, chief of the probe body, said the probe report will be submitted within 15 days.
At least 17 people were dead and several were injured when a cargo train rammed into two bogies of a passenger train at Bhairab Rail Station in Kishoreganj district on Monday. The accident occurred at 3:50pm when the cargo train hit the Dhaka-bound Egarosindhur Godhuli Express, coming from Kishoreganj. The passenger train was standing on the outer tracks, on its way to Dhaka from the port city of Chottogram.
