At least 20 people were killed and over 100 got injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train in Bangladesh on Monday.
According to officials, the accident took place when the passenger train headed from Kishoreganj to Dhaka collided with a freight train. Bhairab Railway Police Station duty officer Sirajul Islam told mediapersons the accident took place when the freight train headed towards Chattogram hit the rear coaches of the Dhaka-bound Egarosindur Godhuli Express around 3.30 pm (local time) in Bhairab area of Kishoreganj district.
The rescue operations are underway as many people remain trapped under the damaged coaches.
Anowar Hossain, superintendent of Dhaka Railway Police said an initial report said the freight train crashed into the Egaro Sindhur from behind, striking two of carriages.
An official of the anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion told reporters that 20 bodies have been recovered so far.
Fire service officials rushed to the spot of the incident. "We expect to find more bodies as well as injured passengers during the rescue process," a fire service official told reporters at the scene.
Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence media chief Shahjahan Sikder said that over a dozen units of the fire service are conducting rescue operations.
(With PTI inputs)
