He died on the spot.
Witnesses said Babul was talking on the phone when he was walking along the rail tracks with a bag. Several people screamed at him to walk to safety but he did not hear them.
Hailing from Cumilla, Babul used to live in Dhaka s Nakhalpara area.
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Hit by train, former principal of Ispahani Girls School and College dies
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A former principal of Ispahani Girls School and College died after a train hit him in Dhaka s Karwan Bazar area this morning.
The deceased was identified as Nirode Baran Roy, 60, who retired in January this year.
Sub-inspector Rafiqul Islam of Dhaka Railway Police Station said the teacher was walking along the rail tracks in Karwan Bazar when the accident happened around 10:00am.
A witness told police that Nirode was talking on the phone when two trains were passing by. He could see a train but could not sense another heading towards the airport from Kamalapur, the witness said.
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Two persons were killed after trains hit them in Dhaka s Dakshinkhan and Khilkhet areas this morning.
One of them was identified as Shaheen Mia (42), while identity of the other deceased, a woman aged around 35, could not be known yet.
Assistant Sub-inspector Md Mohiuddin of Dhaka Railway Police Station said a Gazipur-bound train from Kamalapur hit the woman while she was crossing the rail track near Joynal Market in Dakshinkhan area around 10:00am. She died on the spot.
Around an hour later, Shaheen, a cook by profession, was killed after a train hit him near Joar Sahara area in Khilkhet, the ASI said.
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Two people were killed after being hit by a train in Dhaka s Malibagh area this afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Nur Islam (27) and Mohammad Rakib (25), both from Netrakona.
Shah Jahan, a sub-inspector of Dhaka Railway Police Station said the incident took place around 12:30pm when the victims were crossing the rail tracks in Gulbagh area and two trains were passing parallel lines.
One of the trains hit the duo leaving them dead on the spot.
Police confirmed their identities after going through their ID cards which said they worked for the marketing department of a private company.
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A college student died after being crushed under the wheels of a train in Dhaka s Moghbazar area this evening.
The victim was identified as Mesbah Uddin (25), a masters student of the Political Science Department at Dhaka College.