An unidentified woman lost both her legs under the wheels of a train at Khilgaon railgate area of the capital on Sunday noon.
She is aged around 20, could not be identified yet, said police.
Mehedi Hasan, sub-inspector (SI) of Shahjahanpur police station, said the woman, draped in a white cloth, was lying unconsciously on the railway line in the Khilgaon railgate area with her legs severed from her knees around 2:30pm.
After receiving a call from the National Emergency Service 999, police took her to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), he added.
Later, she was shifted to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) where she is currently undergoing treatment.
Efforts are on to identify the victim, said the SI.
Source: United News of Bangladesh