Staff Reporter :Miscreants hurled petrol bombs targeting the India-Bangladesh train ‘Maitree Express’ near the Iswardi Railway Station at Pabna on Sunday afternoon. However, no casualty was reported in the incident.Officer -in Charge of Railway Police Humayun Kabir said that three bombs were lobbed at the Dhaka bound train as soon as it reached a Loco Shed after leaving the Iswardi Station.The attack caused minor damages as the bombs exploded under the wheels of the train’s engine, the OC said. Driver of ‘Maitree Express’ said, “The Dhaka bound train was halted at Iswardi Railway Station at bout 2:00pm. After a break, it again started for Dhaka at 2:55pm. It came under attack when reached near Fateh Mohammadpur graveyard.” “The train started for Dhaka again by changing its engine,” the driver added. Meanwhile, the transport operator Shyamali Paribahan Ltd has suspended the bus operating between Dhaka and Agartala for an indefinite period on Saturday evening. The decision was communicated to Tripura Road Transport Corporation [TRTC], which said the continuous violence forced them to suspend the service.Shyamali was operating a bus from Dhaka to Agartala thrice a week after the TRTC suspended its service on the route in January this year for security reasons.In September 2012, TRTC’s Dhaka-bound passenger bus, Maitree, was burnt by a mob when it met with an accident in the Narsindi area ahead of Dhaka. Though the service was resumed after a few months, the TRTC scaled down its service and finally suspended the operation in January for an indefinite period. The Agartala-Dhaka bus service was started in September, 2003.
