Headmaster dies under train, family and police differ on whether it was a snatching or an accident
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Abdur Razzak (50), headmaster of a government primary school in Panchagarh, died after being run over by a train in Nilphamari. The incident took place in the Saidpur railway station area early on Monday (9 November).
However, there is a mystery over how he died. Relatives and eyewitnesses claim he fell under the train while trying to catch a man who snatched his mobile phone and fled. Police say the teacher had an accident after falling from the train.
Razzak was from the Baulaganj Shahapara area of Debiganj upazila in Panchagarh. He was the headmaster of Pramanikpara Government Primary School in that upazila. He was returning home from Dhaka with his son on the Chilahati Express.
According to relatives and several eyewitnesses, the incident took place after the train had travelled about 200 to 300 yards from Saidpur railway station. A man snatched the mobile phone from Razzak’s hand and ran off. Running after him to catch him, Razzak slipped and fell under the train, sustaining serious injuries.
Local people rescued him and took him to the Saidpur 100-bed hospital, where a doctor declared him dead.
The victim’s brother Rezaul Karim said his brother died trying to catch the mobile phone snatcher. Razzak was returning from Dhaka with his son Sakayer Rahman; the incident took place just after the train set off.
Saidpur Railway Police Station, however, says something different. Its Officer-in-Charge (OC) Zulfiqar Ali said Razzak suddenly fell from the moving train and was seriously injured. On being informed, police rescued him and took him to hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment. An unnatural death case has been filed with the police station over the incident, and the body has been handed over to the family after legal procedures.
District angle
According to a Risingbd report on 21 October, early that day Saidpur Railway Police and the fire service recovered the body of a young man run over by a train from beside the railway track in the Gathangtari area of Chawra union in Nilphamari Sadar. The OC of the police station in that incident too was Zulfiqar Ali.
Sources
Original report: Bangladesh Pratidin
Background sources: Risingbd, 21 October 2026
