The gateman of Sayedabad Railway crossing, the site of Wednesday’s train-bus collision, was among the six killed and a case was filed yesterday with Government Railway Police (GRP) station at Kamalapur accusing the two bus drivers.
The body of the gateman Aminul Islam Jewel, 32, a resident of nearby Karatitola area, was identified by his younger sister Shilpi at Dhaka Medical College (DMC) morgue yesterday.
Abdul Matin Mondal, sub-assistant engineer of Bangladesh Railway, filed the case.
Sources said the dead bodies were taken to their homes by their relatives.
GRP, Kamalapur has started investigation into the incident. Its Sub-inspector Wahidul Haque, also the investigating officer (IO) of the case, said none was arrested but the two buses were seized.
Though the level crossing had an auto type bar, he said it is still unclear whether the bar was brought down or not.
The IO said, quoting some witnesses, the two buses crossed the gate before the bar came down. Later, the buses could neither proceed as there was an iron bar nor could they backtrack due to severe traffic jam, he added.
Wahidul Haque said pedestrians were killed in the incident as most of the passengers got down from the bus seeing the train approaching.
He also said a four-member investigation committee was formed by Bangladesh Railway to probe the accident.
