Vande Bharat Express now faces attack in Andhra Pradesh days before flag off by PM Modi
Visakhapatnam/IBNS: In another incident of attack on Vande Bharat Express, stones were pelted at the train in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam days before its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
The incident happened when the train was going to the coach maintenance centre at Marripalem from Visakhapatnam Railway Station on Wednesday.
Two glass panes of a single coach were damaged.
Andhra Pradesh | Stones pelted on Vande Bharat train in Visakhapatnam which will be flagged off by PM Modi on Jan 19. Incident occurred during maintenance.
— ANI (@ANI) January 11, 2023
Glass pane of a coach of Vande Bharat express was damaged near Kancharapalem, Visakhapatnam. Further probe underway: DRM pic.twitter.com/JQLrHbwyJ4
The train, which will run from Secunderabad to Visakhapatnam, was scheduled to be flagged off by Prime Minister Modi on Jan 19.
In a similar incident, India's seventh and West Bengal's first Vande Bharat Express was stoned pelted in Malda and New Jalpaiguri within days after it was inaugurated by the Prime Minister virtually in Kolkata.
The similar incident was also reported from West Bengal's neighbouring state Bihar.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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