Kerala: Window Panes Of Vande Bharat Train Damaged After Being Pelted With Stones

The incident happened around 5 pm when the Vande Bharat train was passing through an area between Thirunavaya and Tirur in northern Kerala.

Vande Bharat Express train between Tirunavaya and Tirur was pelted with stones on Monday.

Source : PTI

The Vande Bharat Express train between Tirunavaya and Tirur was pelted with stones on Tuesday evening. No one was injured in the incident. The window pane of one coach was damaged. The Southern Railway, in a statement, said that it had registered a police complaint and was taking steps to strengthen security.

The incident happened around 5 pm when the Vande Bharat train was passing through an area between Thirunavaya and Tirur in northern Kerala. Police said the train continued its journey to Thiruvananthapuram after the incident. "We were alerted by the railway officials. The investigation is on to trace the miscreants," a police officer was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

PM Modi flagged off the train on April 25. The train connects the state capital to the northernmost district of the Kerala — Kasaragod. The train covers 11 regions — Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargod.

Vande Bharat Express is a natively produced, semi-fast and self-moved train set. The train has cutting-edge amenities for passengers, making travel faster, more comfortable, and more convenient for passengers.

Vande Bharat trains have been subjected to stone pelting in several states. In February, two windows of the Mysuru-Chennai Vande Bharat Express were cracked after stone were hurled at the train. The incident occurred on a segment of the tracks between Krishnarajapuram and Bengaluru Cantonment stations. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) registered as many as 21 stone-pelting cases in January and as13 cases in February just in the Bengaluru division of the South Western Railway, according to news website India Today.

The Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express train was also pelted with stones in March. That was the fifth time the train was damaged in stone pelting. The train had earlier been attacked within the state and twice in Bihar.

Last year, a Vande Bharat train carrying party president Asaduddin Owaisi in poll-bound Gujarat, his party, the AIMIM, had alleged.