Freight train derailed at Moghbazar

Three compartments of a Dhaka-bound freight train have derailed in Dhaka’s Moghbazar rail-cross area at around 11:45am on Friday.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Assistant Commissioner (Ramna-traffic) Refayatul Islam confirmed the matter and said as the train derailed near the railway crossing, the movement of the vehicles under the flyover road from Moghbazar to Tejgaon closed.

“We immediately call a wrecker from Rajarbagh Police as well as communicate with the railway department. Railway authorities then brought in new engines and removal devices,” he said.

Later, within one and half an hour, they removed derailed compartments and normalised the traffic, he added.

Fortunately, there were no casualties reported in the incident.