A child drowned and an unidentified man was killed after being hit by a train in two separate incidents in Bhangura upazila of Pabna on Sunday.
The drowned child was identified as 13-month-old Talha, son of Sohel Rana from Mouhat village in the upazila.
According to police and local residents, the incident occurred around 10am while the child was playing in the courtyard of his house.
At one stage, he fell into a container filled with water kept in the yard.
Family members later found the child inside the container while searching for him and rushed him to Bhangura Upazila Health Complex.
Doctors at the hospital declared the child dead on arrival.
Bhangura Police Station Officer-in-Charge SM Mostafizur Rahman said police were sent to the house after receiving information and no complaint had been filed in connection with the incident.
In a separate incident around 11am, an unidentified man aged about 35 was killed after being hit by a train near Bhangura Railway Station.
Witnesses said the man was walking along the railway track towards Baral Bridge Railway Station when the Rajshahi-bound Bonolota Express train struck him.
He died on the spot after being thrown from the track.
Police said the identity of the deceased could not be confirmed immediately, although locals suspect he may have been mentally unstable.
Officer-in-Charge SM Mostafizur Rahman said the matter falls under the jurisdiction of Sirajganj Railway Police and they have been informed to take necessary legal steps.
