Mofizul Islam, a 62-year-old man from Gazipur's Sreepur upazila, has settled a "moral debt" by paying Tk 20,000 to Bangladesh Railway for train journeys he took without a ticket as a teenager between 1976 and 1978. Islam, now the head of a private educational institution, admitted to frequently travelling from Sreepur to Dhaka for the jackfruit trade, often riding on train roofs and without paying fares for two to three years. He expressed a long-held desire to repay these dues. Sreepur Railway Station Master Saidur Rahman confirmed the payment, calling Islam's accountability after nearly 50 years "truly exemplary" and noting that the railway has a legal procedure for settling such liabilities, which Islam utilized through Agrani Bank.