Youth sent to jail over throwing stones at moving train in Kushtia

Railway police arrested and sent a youth to jail through court over throwing stones at a moving intercity train at Kushtia’s Court Station on Friday.

The youth has been identified as Sumon Ali, 24, a resident of Sunamganj’s Chhatok upazila.

The stones thrown by Sumon broke several glasses of the train and injured a passenger, who was provided with primary treatment.

Although Sumon had presented himself to the police as a mentally unstable person, police suspected him to be a vagabond, said Md Monjer Ali, officer in-charge of Poradaha railway police station.

According to the OC, the incident took place when Faridpur-bound Madhumati Express train was leaving the Court Station at about 11:00am.

‘Sumon started throwing stones at the train all on a sudden. The stones broke various windows of the train and injured Ashraful Islam, a passenger. Later, railway police arrested the youth with the help of local people,’ said the OC.

A case was been filed against Sumon with Poradaha railway police station in this regard.