Youth Pushed Off Moving Train Roof in Snatching Incident

Staff Correspondent

Aftab Ahmed (20) was pushed off the roof of a moving train in Dhaka’s Cantonment area by snatchers, leaving him critically injured. He is currently undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Aftab, an HSC graduate from Uttara United College preparing for university admission, originally hails from Daudkandi, Cumilla but resides with family in a rented house at South Khan’s Ashkona.

His father Alauddin Al Azad stated that on Tuesday afternoon, Aftab visited relatives in Gopibagh. While returning via train from Kamalapur to Airport Station that evening, snatchers surrounded him near Cantonment, beat him, stole Tk 500, and pushed him off the train roof.

Passengers initially took the injured youth to Kurmitola General Hospital before transferring him to DMCH for advanced treatment overnight. He is now in Ward 103 of the Neurosurgery Department. Doctors confirm he’s out of danger as there was no major cranial hemorrhage.

DMCH Police Camp In-Charge Inspector Md Faruk reported Aftab sustained head and body injuries but remains in stable condition.