Ward councillor among 7 held over Gazipur train derailment

GAZIPUR, Dec 17 (UNB): Police in a drive arrested seven people including a ward councillor of Gazipur city over derailment of a train in Gazipur that left one dead and seven others injured on December 13.
The arrestees are Hasan Ajmal Bhuiya, no 28 ward councillor of Gazipur city corporation, Sohel Rana, Jannatul Islam, Mehedi Hasan, Julkar Naim Ashrafi, Shahanur Alam and Saidul Islam.
All of them were current and former leaders and activists of BNP and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.
In a press briefing, Mahbub Alam, Mahbub Alam of Gazipur Metropolitan, said the arrestees gathered at the house of councillor Ajmal Bhuiya and held a meeting to carry out sabotage activities.
The arrestees in a planned way uprooted the rail slippers using gas cylinder for two hours at the dead night on Wednesday, he said.
One died and seven others were injured as seven coaches of the Dhaka-bound Mohonganj Express derailed near the Bhawal railway station after parts of the rail track were uprooted on December 13.