Stones pelted on Vande Bharat train at KR Puram

Miscreants pelted stones at the Chennai to Mysuru train somewhere between KR Puram and Cantonment railway stations

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Not everyone appears to be impressed with the sleek and savvy Vande Bharat Express as miscreants pelted stones at the Chennai to Mysuru train somewhere between KR Puram and Cantonment railway stations in Bengaluru on Saturday.

South Western Railway (SWR) Public Relations Officer (PRO) Narendra informed media persons that the incident occurred around 10:30 am and that two windows had been smashed in the incident. No injuries have been reported.

“Two windows of a coach of Train no 20607 Chennai - Mysuru Vande Bharat Express were damaged when some miscreants pelted stones at the train. The incident occurred today between Krishnarajapuram and Bengaluru Cantonment Railway Stations. No person was injured,” he said. SWR added that 13 stone pelting cases had been registered in the Bengaluru division in February.

Moreover, 21 instances had been recorded in January. Cases have been reported in areas such as Lottegollahalli, Kodigehalli, Byappanahalli, Channasandra, Yelahanka, Chikkabanawar, Yesvantpur, KR Puram, Banaswadi and Bengaluru Cantonment areas, among other segments. As per Section 152 of the Railways Act, pelting stones at trains is a non-bailable offence.