Stones were pelted at the recently started Gorakhpur-Lucknow Vande Bharat Express near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. Days after a herd of goats was run over by a train, a group of people pelted stones to express their anger, according to a PTI report. Police said that three people have been arrested in this connection. The window panes of the semi-high speed bus were shattered in the incident.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) Inspector Sonu Kumar Singh said, “The windows of two coaches of the Vande Bharat Express were partially damaged when it passed through Sohawal area of Raunahi police station here at around 9 am on Tuesday.”
Singh told that the information about the incident has been given to the Ayodhya Cantt RPF post. However, the train continued its onward journey till Lucknow, he said.
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Speaking about the incident, SSP (Ayodhya) RK Nayyar said, “During investigation it was found that a herd of goats belonging to a person named Nanhu Paswan died after being hit by the Vande Bharat train on Sunday when they were crossing the railway track.” But were grazing.” .So, Paswan and his associates targeted the train.
“We have arrested Paswan and his sons Ajay and Vijay in this connection,” he said. There have been several incidents of stone pelting on the Vande Bharat Express in the recent past, but most of them were without any reason. In this incident, the attack was carried out in revenge as the train had run over the goats of the accused.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Jodhpur-Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express on July 7, 2023, along with a train connecting Gorakhpur and Lucknow, taking the total number of Vande Bharat trains in India to 25.