5 held for pelting stones at Vande Bharat train during trial run

September 14, 2024 14:13

Five persons were arrested for allegedly pelting stones at the Durg-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express during a trial run in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district, officials said on Saturday.

The incident occurred when the train was passing through Bagbahra railway station on its way back from Visakhapatnam to Durg during its trail run around 9 pm on Friday, said Praveen Singh Dhakad, inspector of the Railway Protection Force (Mahasamund).

The train is to be flagged off from Durg on September 16 for a regular run.

The express train started from Durg, and passing through Raipur, it reached Mahasamund, from where it left at 7.10 am for the further journey, he said.

The official said that on the way back, some anti-social elements hurled stones at the train near Bagbahra, damaging window panes of three coaches, C2, C4 and C9.

No one was injured in the incident, he said.

Dhakad said a train escorting party of four RPF personnel, led by an assistant sub-inspector, sent an alert, following which a team of security personnel was sent to the scene.

The accused, Shiv Kumar Baghel, Devendra Chandrakar, Jitu Tandi, Lekhraj Sonwani and Arjun Yadav, all residents of Bagbahra, were arrested, he said. -- PTI

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

LIVE! 2 held with pistol, grenades in J-K's Baramulla

Why Travis Is A 'Headache' For India

'We all knew he was dangerous, but that first shot he played off Jasprit Bumrah, that cover drive, off the front foot.''It told me that this is a player in prime, prime form.'

Can't permit others to have a veto on our choices: MEA

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India can never permit others to have a veto on its choices and will do whatever is right in the national interest and for the global good without being intimidated to conform. In a video...

Students behind bomb threats to 3 Delhi schools

A police officer said the email was sent by two siblings enrolled in the school because they wanted the exams to be postponed.

Seven Indians hurt in Germany's car-ramming attack

Seven Indians were injured in a car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. The attack left at least five people dead and nearly 200 injured. The Indian embassy in Berlin is providing all possible assistance to the...