Stone pelting at Bengaluru-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express train, glass window damaged

The South Western Railway said in a statement today that some people threw stones at the high-speed Vande Bharat Train in Bengaluru. Due to the stone pelting, the glass window of the train was damaged.  The train was travelling from Karnataka's Mysuru to Chennai, Tamil Nadu. A police case was filed on the matter. The railways also confirmed that no one was injured. 

"Two windows of a coach of train No. 20608 Mysuru-Chennai Vande Bharat Express were damaged when some miscreants pelted stones at the train. The incident occurred today between Krishnarajapuram and Bengaluru Cantonment railway stations," the South Western Railways said.

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The railways have also expressed their concern over the frequent incidents of stone pelting at passing Vande Bharat train. The Railway Protection Force filed 21 cases of stone-throwing at trains in January and 13 such cases in February in the Bengaluru division of the South Western Railways.