June 12, 2024
DHAKA – A youth was killed under the wheels of a train while making a TikTok video in the Bakhunda Jamtola area under Sadar upazila in Rajbari last night.
The deceased is Md Labib, 18, son of Md Liton, of Taphakhola area of Faridpur town, reports our local correspondent quoting police.
Labib passed the SSC exam this year from Faridpur Zila School.
Syed Alawal Hossain, councillor of Ward 25 of Faridpur Municipality, said four friends, including Labib, went to Jamtala with two motorcycles and were making TikTok videos on the rail line.
When a Dhaka-bound Benapole Express train was coming towards them, Labib’s three friends managed to escape, but he was crushed its wheels and died on the spot.
Jahangir Alam, sub-inspector of Faridpur Kotwali Police Station, said, “We found out about the incident from locals.”
Somnath Basu, officer-in-charge of Rajbari Railway Police Station, said, railway police recovered the body and handed it over to his family.
An unnatural death case was filed in this regard.