Darjeeling/IBNS: In a second incident in 24 hours, unidentified miscreants on Tuesday pelted stones at the New JalpaiguriHowrah Vande Bharat Express near the Phansidewa area in Darjeeling district.
The windows of coach C3 and C6 of the train were damaged.
West Bengal | Windows of coach C3 and C6 of Vande Bharat Express were found damaged due to stone pelting. It was found, windows were damaged near Phansidewa area in Darjeeling district when train was moving towards New Jalpaiguri: Comandant, RPF pic.twitter.com/QdBDAbGuX1
ANI (@ANI) January 3, 2023
This is the second such incident within 24 hours,
On Monday, the Vande Bharat Express was attacked by an unknown mob in West Bengals Malda, three days after it was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Some unknown people pelted stones at the train near Maldas Kumarganj station.
The pelting of stones had triggered panic among the passengers but no one was reportedly hurt.
A window pane was affected by the pelted stones.
Indias seventh and West Bengals maiden Vande Bharat Express was launched virtually on Jan 30 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in presence of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The attack on the train has triggered a political row with the countrys ruling but opposition in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), linking the incident to the raising of Jai Shree Ram slogan at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees arrival at Howrah Station on Jan 30.
West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA, Suvendu Adhikari, tweeted, Unfortunate sickening. Stones pelted at Indias pride Vande Bharat Express in WBs Malda district.
Is this revenge for Jai Shree Ram chants on the Inaugural day? I urge @PMOIndia @RailMinIndia to handover the probe to @NIA_India punish the perpetrators.
Unfortunate sickening.
Stones pelted at Indias pride Vande Bharat Express in WBs Malda district.
Is this revenge for Jai Shree Ram chants on the Inaugural day?
I urge @PMOIndia @RailMinIndia to handover the probe to @NIA_India punish the perpetrators.@AshwiniVaishnaw pic.twitter.com/QYdu3Qgq83
Suvendu Adhikari ???????? ??????? (@SuvenduWB) January 2, 2023
