Stone pelted at Vande Bharat train in Visakhapatnam, window broken

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolling out the Vande Bharat train in Visakhapatnam, unidentified persons pelted stones at a coach at the railway yard and broke glass window, police said.

Modi is scheduled to virtually flag off the high-speed express train between Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam on January 15.

Railway Protection Force's preliminary investigation revealed that some children playing near the coach complex at Kancharapalem mischievously pelted stones at the train on Wednesday night resulting in the damage, PTI reported.


Visakhapatnam police is also investigating the incident with RPF.

A rake of the Vande Bharat train arrived in Visakhapatnam from Chennai on Wednesday for maintenance checks.

Upon its arrival in Visakhapatnam, the rake was moved to the new coach complex at Kancharapalem, where the incident happened, police said.

While the glass of a window was fully shattered, another suffered a minor crack, they added.

A local police officer said they were searching for the persons who committed the crime. Security has been stepped up in the area following the incident, he added.

(With PTI inputs)