Bangladesh Railway has suspended four persons over Sunday's Sonar Bangla Express train collision.

The four are guard Abdul Quader (Chattogram Division), Hasanpur station maintainer signal Wahid, loco master Md Jashim Uddin (Dhaka Headquarters) and assistant loco master Md Mohsin (Dhaka Headquarters).

More than 40 persons were injured after a Dhaka-bound Sonar Bangla Express train hit a freight train at Nangalkot of Cumilla around on Sunday evening causing seven carriages and the locomotive to derail.

Later, a four-member probe body was formed in this regard.

BDST: 1456 HRS, APR 17, 2023
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