A 17-year-old boy was crushed under the wheels of train at Parbatipur upazila in Dinajpur district on Saturday night.
The accident took place around 7:00 PM in Thermal power plant resident gate area on the Parbatipur-Phubari rail line in the upazila.
The deceased was identified as Abdullah al Fahim, son of Masum, a resident of Rajarampur Fakir Para village under Shibnagar union in the upazila.
It was learnt that chilahati-bound Nilsagar express, coming from Dhaka, crushed Fahim in the area, leaving him dead on the spot.
Earlier, Fahim had got out from his house around 10:00 AM to go to school but did not return to home.
Ziur Rahman, uncle's of the deceased. said that Fahim had been suffering from mental illness for long time.
On information, police recovered the body and handed it over to the family members upon their request without an autopsy, said Sakiul Azam, officer-in-charge of Parbatipur Railway Police Station.
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