After 4 Attacks On Vande Bharat Express In 2 Months, Special Team Formed To Curb Stone Pelting On Trains

Railways on Wednesday set up special teams comprising GRP and RPF personnel to track the miscreants pelting stones at India¡¯s first premium class semi-high speed train Vande Bharat. Plain-clothes team members would mingle with folks of villages where attacks have occurred in past, railway officials said on Friday.

¡°We have decided to keep a close watch in areas on the route from Kanpur to Varanasi,¡± said SP Railways Himanshu Kumar.

PTI

¡°Once caught, we would prosecute trouble-makers under suitable sections of CrPC like section 107 and 116, which is a bond for decent behavior. But if one repeats the crime, then the action would be stringent,¡± he said.

¡°The teams are being set up at thana and police outpost level. At police station level, each team would comprise of one sub-inspector, two head constables and four constables. Likewise, at police outpost level, the team would have one head constable and two constables,¡± Kumar told TOI.

¡°The teams will conduct raids randomly so that the element of surprise is maintained. We deployed two teams and no incidents took place in the last few days,¡± he said.

BCCL

Meanwhile, the railway police on March 12 arrested a 24-year-old unemployed youth of Chheemi under Khaga police station of Fatehpur district, who claimed that he threw stones at Vande Bharat for ¡®target practice¡¯.

¡°A special team caught this unemployed youth for throwing stones at the train on March 12. It was found that he had placed a bet with his friends about hitting the ¡®target¡¯, which in this case was Vande Bharat,¡± said SP Railways Himanshu Kumar.