Some miscreants pelted stones and damaged the train
DRM said, ‘The windshield of Vande Bharat Express coach has been damaged near Kancharapalam in Visakhapatnam. Further investigations are underway. According to information, some miscreants pelted stones on the Vande Bharat train, breaking the windows of the train coach. After completing the trial run, the train was proceeding from Visakhapatnam railway station to the coach maintenance center at Maripalem. The incident is said to have taken place in the meantime.
PM Modi was to inaugurate on January 19
The incident took place on Wednesday at 6.30 pm. The incident took place when the train was going from Visakhapatnam railway station to the coaching complex. RPF has registered a case. PM Narendra Modi was to flag off this train from Secunderabad railway station on January 19. This train will run between Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam. Meanwhile, he will stay in Warangal, Khammam, Vijayawada and Rajahmundry.
The incident of stone pelting on Vande Bharat happened in Bengal
Earlier in the first week of January, stones were pelted on Vande Bharat in West Bengal. The windows of two coaches of the Howrah-Navi Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express were damaged in the incident. It is worth mentioning that ever since the Vande Bharat train got the green signal, there have been incidents of stone pelting and sometimes accidents.
