PM mourns train casualties, orders investigation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed profound shock and sorrow at the casualties in the fire in four compartments of the Dhaka-bound Benapole Express passenger train at Gopibagh in Dhaka on Friday night.

She also asked the authorities concerned to unearth whether it was a sabotage act, according to an official release of the Press Wing of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

The prime minister has also instructed to take quick and necessary measures for the treatment of the injured people.

In the message of condolence, she prayed for the eternal peace of the departed souls and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.

Sheikh Hasina also prayed for the quick recovery of the injured persons.

So far, four people, including two children, have been killed and several others injured in the Benapole Express train fire in the capital's Gopibagh on Friday night when it was heading towards the Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka from Benapole in Jashore district.

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