Therefore, Farzana Rahman was returning from Sreemangal of Moulvibazar on Monday night after attending the marriage ceremony of her maternal cousin.
However, the fatal train collision in Kasba of Brahmabaria district cut short the life of such a meritorious student. At least 16 passengers were killed and over 100 others injured in a fatal collision between two trains on Dhaka-Chattogram route in Mandbagh Railway Station in Kasba upazila early Tuesday.Farzana’s mother Bebi Begum, brother Hasan Bepari, maternal grandmother Firoza Begum, cousins Mitu, Ibli and Drubo, aunt Shahida were also wounded in the accident.
Her cousin Ayesha Akhter said Farzana along with her relatives went to Sreemangal on November 5 to attend the wedding ceremony of her maternal cousin. They met the accident on the way back home.
Farzana, daughter of expatriate Bilal Bepari in living in Kuwait, was going to appear at the next SSC examination from Bagadi Goni High School in Sadar upazila.
Her body was handed over to her relatives without postmortem following a request made by the family, said Md Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Chandpur Model Police Station.
Hundreds of people, including her classmates, thronged and burst into tears when her body was taken to their residence in Balia union of Sadar upazila. “She (Farzana) was a meritorious student and a good friend of us.