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Arson Attack On Benapole Express

Father’s desperate search for son at DMCH

Published : Sunday, 7 January, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 217
University student Abu Talha was headed by train from Faridpur to Dhaka before he transferred to another train bound for Syedpur. He spoke to his father at 7 pm on Friday. When his father, Abdul Haque, heard of the arson attack on the Benapole Express, he frantically phoned his son. But the phone was turned off.

Haque is a pharmaceutical representative from Faridpur. His son was a mechanical engineering student at a military-run university in Syedpur. Talha boarded the Benapole Express for Dhaka at Faridpur. He was to transfer onto the 11 pm Panchagarh Express from Dhaka to travel to Syedpur.

"Dad, Ill phone you once I get to Dhaka," he had said.

Haque saw a news report of the train fire on TV and called Talha, but there was no answer. He and his wife hired a car and immediately rushed to Dhaka.

Upon reaching Kamalapur Railway Station, he heard the bodies of the dead were transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. They left for the hospital immediately, but weren able to see the bodies that night.

On Saturday morning, Haque was shown the bodies of the four victims kept at the Emergency Department morgue.
The bodies were reduced to cinders, he said. It was impossible to identify them.

Talha is the second of Haques three children.

At least three people remain missing since the blaze on the Benapole Express.

A woman named Tanima was wandering the area looking for her sister Elina Yamin on Friday night. She said Elina was accompanied by her five-month-old child. The family hails from Magura.

The speakers at Golapbagh mosque announced that three-year-old Abdullah was missing and his father, Md Badshah, was looking for him. The mosque urged anyone with news of the boy to bring him back to his family.

Asif Mohammad Khan was burnt in the fire. His wife Natasha is missing as well. Abu Siddique Khan, Asifs father, said that Asif was able to escape, but they have not heard news of Natasha.

"Asif was unable to open the door when the fire started, but he stuck his head out the window," Abu Siddique said. "People were able to pull him out of the train, but his wife Natasha couldn get out. We believe Natasha remained on the train."

"We haven found her."

Abu Siddique said the family lives in Gendarias Narinda. Asif and Natasha had gone to visit family in Faridpurs Bhanga and were on their way back when they were caught in the blaze.    —bdnews24.com



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