DHAKA: Four Ijtema devotees were crushed under the wheels of separate trains in Kuril rail crossing in the city and Natunbazar area of Tongi on Sunday morning.

The accidents took place at 8:00am and 9:00am on their way to Tongi to join Akheri Munajat in the second phage of Biswa Ijtema.

The identity of the dead persons could not be known immediately.

Dhaka Railway Thana officer-in-charge Abdul Mojid confirmed the matter to banglanews.

He said many devotees were going to Ijtema ground riding on the roof of Parabat Express train in the morning.  Three of devotees fell down from the roof of the train in the capital's Kuril Biswa road area and crushed under train wheels. 

Another devotee was crushed under the wheels of a train in Natunbazar area of Tongi, he added.

BDST: 0842 HRS, JAN 18, 2015/ updated 1030hrs