Bihar Train Attack: Stones Pelted At Patna-Tatanagar Vande Bharat Train, Window Panes Damaged; Probe Begins

Bihar Train Attack: Glass windows of the Patna-Tatanagar Vande Bharat Express were damaged when stones were hurled by miscreants between Yadgram-Sharmatand station between Gaya and Koderma of Dhanbad Railway Division.

According to Jagran.com, a passenger aboard the train said that the stone pelting incident occurred between 4 to 4:30 PM, causing chaos and panic among the passengers. The sound of stones hitting the glass created a sense of alarm, prompting passengers to scramble for safety as fear spread through the coaches. 

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Following the incident, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has started a thorough investigation into the matter and is searching for the miscreants. In another incident, a glass pane of the Vande Bharat train was broken after stones were hurled at the train near Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur on Wednesday. 

According to the Railways, the Varanasi-Delhi Vande Bharat Express was entering Panki Dham station when some people pelted stones at the train after which a case was registered against two people.

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The Railways stated that the stone pelting began on the C-7 coach, hitting the window pane as the train entered the outer signal of Panki station, NDTV reported.

"On October 2, 2024, escorting party in-charge CT Vivek Chaudhary+01 (NDLS/POST/NR) of train number 22435 reported that the outer glass of coach C7 berth 33 &34 was broken due to stone pelting by an outsider while the said train was entering Panki Dham station," Central Public Relations Officer at North Central Railways, Shashi Kant Tripathi said.