Nine compartments of Bijoy Express train derailed near Hasanpur Railway Station in Cumilla's Nangalkot area this afternoon.
Debasis Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Nangalkot Police Station, said several persons were injured after the Jamalpur-bound train from Chattogram derailed around 1:30pm.
Murad Ullah Bahar, officer-in-cahrge of Laksham Railway Police Station, said train services on both lines -- connecting Chattogram with Dhaka, Sylhet and Jamalpur -- were suspended.
Two relief trains from Brahmanbaria's Akhaura and Chattogram were rushing to the spot to salvage the Bijoy Express train, said Saifur Rahman, Chattogram divisional railway manager.
Liakot Ali Khan, sub-assistant engineer of Bangladesh Railway (Cumilla region), suspected that the accident may have been caused by the railway track becoming misshapen due to excessive heat.
