Rail communication of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet has been restored after 11 hours of suspension.
Divisional Transport Officer Firoz Iftekhar told the Dhaka Tribune that rail communication resumed around 2:30pm on Monday.
Two compartments and engine of Nasirabar Express veered off the track around 3:30am on Monday after miscreants removed fishplates from the railway tracks in Ambaria area of Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong.
Mirsarai police OC Imtiaz Bhuiyan said three to four persons received minor injuries in the incident.
The schedule of five trains from Chittagong was cancelled following the derailment.
The trains are Suborno Express, Mohanagar Provati Express, Godhuli Express, Sagorika Express and Karnafuli Express.
A four-member probe committee has also been formed to investigate the derailment.
Divisional Transport Officer Firoz Iftekhar will head the committee, Chittagong Railway Station Manager Abul Kalam Azad said.
Hundreds of vehicles were burnt and attacked and fishplates of railway tracks were removed by miscreants during the ongoing non-stop blockade.
Blockade-related violence has killed at least 40 people over the last few weeks.
The BNP-led 20-party alliance has been enforcing a nationwide roads and waterways blockade since January 5, protesting BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s confinement.
Khaleda Zia had been kept confined to her Gulshan party office since January 3. Later on January 12, the barricades were removed from in front of her political office.
However, she declared to continue the blockade until further announcement.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
