Probe body formed over Kulaura train accident

Bangladesh

TBS Desk 
24 June, 2019, 11:10 am
Last modified: 24 June, 2019, 04:34 pm
The probe body, led by Railway Chief Mechanical Engineer (East Zone) Md Mizanur Rahman, will submit report within three working days.

A four-member committee has been formed on Monday to investigate the train derailment in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura that killed at least five people and injured 200 others.

The probe body, led by Railway Chief Mechanical Engineer (East Zone) Md Mizanur Rahman, will submit its report within three working days, said Railways Secretary Mofazzel Hossain on Monday morning.

The secretary visited the spot.

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