Miscreants set fire to the intercity Haor Express train at Mohanganj Railway Station in Netrokona early Tuesday, burning four seats in one of its compartments.
The incident occurred at around 6am.
The train, which arrived from Dhaka, entered Mohanganj station at 5:10 am. After passengers alighted, the train guard and staff went outside for food, leaving no one on board. Taking advantage of the situation, miscreants set fire to a compartment.
The fire was set to the ‘Da’ compartment located on the western side of the station, an area outside the platform that lacks CCTV cameras. The rexine covers of seats 5–6 and 11–12 of the ‘Da’ compartment were burnt in the blaze.
Upon suddenly seeing fire and smoke, the guard and staff rushed to put out the blaze using fire extinguishers. Members of the Fire Service, railway police, and train staff subsequently extinguished the fire completely.
Despite the incident, the train departed for Dhaka with passengers on schedule at 8am.
Johirul Islam, station master of Mohanganj Railway Station, confirmed the information and explained that appropriate action was being taken. Mobarak Hossain, sub-inspector and in-charge of Mohanganj Railway Police Outpost, said miscreants set fire to the stationary empty train, damaging four seats before train staff, railway police, and fire service personnel put out the flames.
