Stones Thrown At Swatantra Express In Bihar, Some Passengers Hurt

There are also reports of stones being thrown at the Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani that was travelling on the same track, but ahead of the Swatantrata Senani Express.

Stones were thrown at the Swatantrata Senani Express in Bihar's Samastipur district on Thursday night. The train was travelling from Jainagar to Delhi on the Muzaffarpur-Samastipur line when it was attacked, causing panic among the passengers and minor damage to the train.

Some passengers were injured but treated at a hospital in Samastipur, while windows of the pantry car and coaches next to it were shattered. Stones were also thrown at sleeper coaches.

Samastipur Railway Police have filed a case, against 'unknown people', and are trying to track down the attackers. It is unclear why stones were thrown.