Chattogram district police filed a case against Saddam Hossain, a Bangladesh Railway (BR) gateman, for negligence his duty at the rail crossing that resulted in the deaths of 11 people while a train rammed into a microbus in Mirsharai upazila of the district on Friday.
Mohammad Jahir, assistant sub-inspector of Chattogram Railway Police, filed the case against Saddam Hussain, who is now in police custody, on Saturday. The case was filed under Section 304 of the Penal Code on charges of deaths due to negligence, Chattogram Railway Police Superintendent Hasan Chowdhury said.
Khorshed Alam, sub-inspector of Sitakunda Police Outpost in-charge, asked to submit the report after investigation.
Police detained Saddam Hussain, the sole suspect, for questioning after the incident. The railway authorities said that the gateman was appointed temporarily.
As many as 11 people including teachers and students of a coaching centre were killed and six others injured in a collision between a microbus and a Mahanagar Prabhati train at the Khoiyachhora Waterfall Rail Crossing around 1:30 pm on Friday.