Faridpur train accident death toll reaches three

The body of a man was found hours after he went missing after a relief train ploughed through a group of people in Modhukhali Upazila in Faridpur district on Tuesday. However, his identity could not be known. With this the death toll in the incident rose to three. Two of the victims were identified as Rabeya Begum, 45, and Faruk Hossain, whose age was not available. The third victim, whose body was found near Ghorakhali Bridge on Wednesday morning, is aged around 26. He went missing in the canal under the bridge. Quoting witnesses, Modhukhali Railway Station's Station Master Moslem Uddin said the three people were crossing the Ghorakhali Bridge on Kalukhali-Bhatiaparha rail route around 8:30pm on Tuesday when the relief train coming from Bhatiaparha hit them. The train repairs the railway tracks on that route and it was on a routine run Tuesday night, the Station Master added, according to a news agency.