Gujarat: AIMIM leader claims stones pelted at Vande Bharat train in which Owaisi

A spokesperson of the All India MajlisEIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM has alleged that stones were pelted at the Vande Bharat train in which party president Asaduddin Owaisi was travelling in pollbound GujaratPolice however denied the claim and said a probe was on into the incident which took place on Monday AIMIM national spokesperson Waris Pathan said the incident took place before the train reached Surat on Monday evening where Owaisi the Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad was scheduled to attend a public rally as part of his election campaigning in the state where the Assembly polls are scheduled on December 1 and 5Pathan also said he has some photographs to prove his claimAsaduddin Owaisi Saheb Sabir Kabliwala sir me and the team of AIMIM were traveling in the Vande Bharat Express train from Ahmedabad to Surat when some unidentified persons pelted stones at the train and broke its glass he claimedAlso Read BJP raising issue of Uniform Civil Code to get votes in Gujarat elections OwaisiHowever Superintendent of Police Western Railway Rajesh Parmar on Tuesday said some grit hit the trains glass window due to engineering work underway on the track near Ankleshwar in Bharuch district where the alleged incident took placeIt was not a case of stonepelting the official said adding that Owaisi was sitting away from the windowThe cracked window was changed and an officer of the level of deputy superintendent of police DySP was conducting a probe into the incident he saidAt the rally in Surat on Monday night Pathan claimed two stones were thrown one after the other The stones were heavy enough to break the glass window glass where Owaisi was sitting along with his team members he saidPrime Minister Modiji what is happening Sometimes animals are run over by the Vande Bharat When we were 2225 km away from Surat I can say this on the basis of a display put in the train a stone hit the train window Owaisi was sitting there when the stone cracked the window glass the AIMIM leader said addressing the gatheringIt was a heavy stone that cracked the window glass In another 1015 seconds another stone landed Do whatever throw a stone spray fire but the voice of right will not stop he said adding that he has the proof of the incident in the form of photographsPathan also shared on his Twitter handle the photographs of the broken glass window and Owaisi and other members of the AIMIM sitting in the trainHowever SP Parmar said it was not a case of stonepeltingThe window was damaged due to something hitting it as engineering work was going on the track at Ankleshwar in Bharuch where the incident took place The damaged window was changed he saidSix jawans of the Railway Protection Force RPF and three of the Government Railway Police GRP were present at all the four doors of the coach in which Owaisi was travelling the official saidThe train was running slow as engineering work was underway there The window developed a crack as something hit it although it was not a case of stonepelting he saidThe engineering department said some grit flew and hit the window glass The window was changed A DySPlevel officer is investigating the incident Parmar addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever