UP: Stones pelted at Vande Bharat, window panes damaged

Varanasi | Tuesday | 19th March, 2019

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No passenger was injured in this incident.RPF incharge, Kanpur Central PK Ojha said, “On Sunday at around 11am, Varanasi-bound Vande Bharat Express left Kanpur and was heading towards Allahabad. KANPUR/VARANASI: Stone pelting on Vande Bharat Express continues as around nine window panes of the country’s fastest train were damaged in a fresh incident near Sarsaul railway station in Kanpur Nagar district on Sunday, police said on Monday. It was about to cross Prempur railway station in Sarsaul area of Kanpur when some miscreants threw stones on the train damaging window panes of five coaches of the train. Later, the case was transferred to Maharajpur police station in Kanpur for further investigation, he added. Dubey said an FIR was lodged under section 52 of Railway Act, 147, 149, 336 of IPC and 7 CL Act.GRP officials said that it was a second FIR lodged in connection with the attack on Vande Bharat Express in this region..