Stones Thrown At Vande Bharat, Windows Broken Days Before Flagging Off

The Vande Bharat train, scheduled to run from Chhattisgarh's Durg to Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, was set to be flagged off by PM Narendra Modi on Monday.

Five people have been arrested for allegedly throwing stones at the Vande Bharat Express train during its trial run in Chhattisgarh, officials said today. The train, scheduled to run from Chhattisgarh's Durg to Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, was set to be flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

The stones were pelted on the Vande Bharat train at the Bagbahara railway station while it was returning from Visakhapatnam Friday morning, officials said.

No injuries were reported but the multi-layered windows of three coaches of the train were damaged.