Prof Anu Muhammad suffers serious injuries in train accident

Prof Anu Muhammad sustained serious injuries to his left leg while getting down from a moving train at Khilgaon rail gate in the capital Sunday morning, reports UNB. 

Anu  Muhammad, a professor of Jahangirnagar University and member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas,Mineral Resources, Power and Ports,  was admitted to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital after the accident.

DMCH emergency department physician Dr. Md. Alauddin said all the five toes of his left leg were severed and a toe of the right leg was also damaged.

Former Professor (Medicine) of Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital. Dr.Md Harun Or Rashid said Anu Mohammad went to attend a meeting in Dinajpur and was returning to Dhaka by train today.

Anu Muhammad told reporters that the train slowed down when it reached Khilgaon rail gate area and when he tried to get down his feet got crushed under the train wheels.

Meanwhile, Dhaka Railway Police Station (Kamalapur) Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ferdous Ahmed Biswas said, "We are staying at the hospital to know how the accident occurred .”