Stones pelted on Vande Bharat in Bengal for the third time in a week: window panes were broken, and no passenger was hurt

Posted on 9th Jan 2023 12:48 pm by rohit kumar

In West Bengal, a case of stone pelting has once again come to the fore on the Vande Bharat train. This is the third incident of stone pelting on the train in a week. According to media reports, stones were pelted at the Vande Bharat C14 compartment near Barosai railway station. Due to this the glass of the windows has been broken. Due to this incident, the train had to be stopped at Bolpur station for a long time. Fortunately, no passenger was hurt in this stone pelting.

 

On December 30, PM Modi flagged off the first Vande Bharat in Bengal. Four days later, on the night of January 2, stones were pelted at Vande Bharat in Malda. The stone-pelting took place near the Kumarganj railway station. The train had left from New Jalpaiguri, and while coming to Howrah, unknown people started pelting stones at the train near Malda station. Due to this the gate and window of coach C-13 got damaged.

 

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal and BJP leader Shubhendu Adhikari had raised the demand for an NIA probe into the incident. After this, on January 3, there was stone pelting on the Howrah to New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat train at Kishanganj.

 

Eastern India got its first Vande Bharat train

PM Modi inaugurated the country's seventh Vande Bharat train on 30 December. This is Eastern India's first Vande Bharat train, which will run between Howrah to New Jalpaiguri. The train will run 6 days a week except for Wednesday. It will take approximately 7.5 hours to cover a distance of approximately 600 KM. From Howrah, it will leave at 05:55 am. It will reach New Jalpaiguri at 1.30 pm. The train will stop at three railway stations during its journey. It also includes Bihar's Kishanganj railway station.

 

Also Read: Stone pelting on Vande Bharat train in Bengal: Cracks in gate and window; PM had shown the green signal 3 days ago

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