T’puram-Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express pelted with stones

Kochi: The Thiruvananthapuram-Mangaluru Vande Bharat Express train was pelted with stones by unidentified persons on Saturday near Angamaly. While windowpanes of two coaches were damaged, no passenger was injured. Aluva RPF is investigating the incident following a complaint by the guard on the train. According to RPF officials, the stone-pelting reportedly happened after 7.50pm when the train, headed to Mangaluru, left Aluva railway station. Windowpanes in coach numbers one and 18 suffered cracks. "They noticed the damage to the windowpanes when the train reached Mangaluru. After examining the CCTV footage on the train, they assumed the incident might have happened in Angamaly," said the source. Aluva RPF had asked for CCTV footage from the train from their counterparts in Mangaluru to conduct the probe. The train is equipped with surveillance cameras outside and inside each coach.