Youth allegedly thrown off moving train by muggers dies at DMCH

A young man, who was allegedly mugged and thrown from a moving train in the capital's Kurmitola area, died while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday morning.

The deceased was identified as Hafizur Rahman, 25. His identity was confirmed later in the day, after his death.

Hafizur, who worked at a resort named Shoilda in Joydebpur, Gazipur, hailed from Charchingguri village under Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat.

Locals spotted him lying in a pool of blood beside the rail line behind Kurmitola Hospital on Wednesday evening. Passersby rescued him and first took him to Kurmitola Hospital. The victim was then admitted to DMCH at around 9:30pm.

Inspector Md Habibur Rahman, in-charge of the DMCH police camp, said two passersby admitted the injured youth to the hospital on Wednesday night.

"He died while undergoing treatment on Thursday morning. We could not initially learn his identity. It was confirmed around noon," he said.

Foyez, one of the passersby, said he went to the spot after seeing a crowd. "I saw the young man lying there, bleeding. Locals told me muggers had attacked him on a Kamalapur-bound moving train and pushed him out during a scuffle," he said.

Hafizur's elder brother, Hossain Sheikh, said his brother had left Gazipur on Wednesday on leave to travel to the family's village home in Bagerhat.

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He usually took a train from Joydebpur to Kamalapur and then a bus from Sayedabad. The family learned of his death through police on Thursday morning. They came to Dhaka from the village and identified the body at DMCH.

Joynal Abedin, officer-in-charge of Dhaka Railway Police Station (Kamalapur), said the youth died after falling from a train in the Kurmitola area. "It is yet to be confirmed whether he was pushed off the train or fell in some other way. We are investigating the incident," he said.

No case had been filed in connection with the incident until the filing of this report. The body has been sent to the DMCH morgue for an autopsy.