Metro rail services halted after man climbs to roof

Dhaka metro rail authorities abruptly suspended services on Sunday night after learning that two unidentified individuals had dangerous boarded a train without entering the coaches.

Around 8:05pm, the authorities suspended operations for the night.

Md Ahsan Ullah Sharifi, deputy project director for public relations at Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project (Line-6), revealed the development.

Two people got to the middle of two coaches at the Secretariat Metro Station, he said. However, photographs of the incident clearly shows one man on the roof of a coach, while a security member tries to reach out to him using a ladder.

One of the two has been located on the train. The other one has got down and is on the run along the rail tracks, Md Ashan Ullah added.

Authorities have initiated a search operation to this end, he added.