A window pane of the Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express was damaged after a 20-year-old man allegedly threw stones at the semi-h🎐igh-speed train in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, an official said on Monday.
The incident took place at around 10 am on Sunday near Banmore railway statiℱon when the train was on its way to the national capital and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrestedౠ the accused hours later, he said.
A window pane of the Rani Kamalapati (Bhopal)-Hazrat Nizamuddin (Delhi) Vande Bharat Express got damaged in the s♋tone-pelting incident which created panic among passengers, Gwalior's RPF inspector Sanjay Kumar Arya saidꦗ.
Afte🌳r examining CCTV footage, the police arrested a man, identified as Firoz Khan (20), on Sunday night and booked him under provisions of the Railways Act, the official said.
During interrogation, the accused "admitted" 🌟to having pelted stones at the premium train and said he did so for "fun", the official stated.
No criminal record of the arrested man was found, but further investigation was underway, he said.
The Rani Kamalapati-Hazrat Nizamuddin (Delhi) Vande Bharat Express was la🎀unched in April this year.
Separately, the RPF apprehended seven minors from the Birla Nagar are✃a in Gwalior for their alleged involvement in multiple incidents of stone-pelting at trains in the past, said t꧟he official.
These minors were counselled and later handed over to their families, who were asked not to send their children to play near railಌway tracks, he said.
