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Stone Pelting At Vande Bharat: Vande Bharat train stone pelting incidents are not stopping. On Saturday, July 1, the Dharwad-Bengaluru Express was targeted, with minor damage to window panes of the train. The stone-pelting incident took place near Devangiri railway station. This train was recently flagged off by PM Modi. Railway has started investigation by registering a case.
On Saturday, between 3.30 and 4 o’clock, as soon as the train left Devangiri station and reached some distance, at the same time stones were pelted on top of the train. An official of the South Western Railway said that no one was harmed in the stone-pelting and there was no impact on the train service. The train reached the destination at its scheduled time of 7.25.
The window of the chair car was shattered
Deccan Herald quoted a railway official as saying that there was slight damage to the outer part of the window of the chaircar compartment (C4 coach) of the train. The inner part of the window is completely safe. He also informed that the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has started an investigation.
Railway officials will assess the damage and repair cost. The primary maintenance of the train takes place at KSR Bengaluru Railway Station. Taking serious note of the incident, the RPF has registered a case under section 153 (voluntarily destroying railway property) of the Railway Act. Under this there is a provision of punishment up to five years.
Recently PM Modi started the train
Prime Minister on 28th June Narendra Modi flagged off the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat train between Bengaluru to Dharwad. Vande Bharat Express has been targeted by stone pelters for the third time in Karnataka. On 25 February this year, stones were also pelted at the Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express, in which six windows in two chaircar coaches of the train were damaged.
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