Vande Bharat Express pelted with stones in West Bengal's Malda

Just a few days after its inaugural run the HowrahNew Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express was pelted with stones in West Bengals Malda district prompting the BJP to demand an NIA investigation into the incidentNo injuries however were reported in the incident that took place near Kumarganj railway station around 50 km from Malda town on Monday evening a Railway official saidThe glass door of coach number C13 of 22303 Vande Bharat Express was damaged in the incident he saidKumarganj falls under the jurisdiction of the Katihar division of the Northeast Frontier Railway NFRThe train was not stopped midway after the incident took place at 510 pm on Monday and it halted at its designated stoppage at Malda Town railway station the official saidMalda Town railway station Government Railway Police GRP IC Prashant Rai said that Railway Protection Force RPF is investigating the matterThe train was flaggedoff virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Howrah station on December 30Also Read PM Modi flags off Vande Bharat Express on NagpurBilaspur routeLeader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari wondered whether the incident was revenge for the raising of Jai Shree Ram slogans at the inaugural function in Howrah stationUnfortunate amp sickening Stones pelted at Indias pride Vande Bharat Express in WBs Malda district Is this revenge for Jai Shree Ram chants on the Inaugural day I urge PMOIndia amp RailMinIndia to handover the probe to NIA_India amp punish the perpetrators AshwiniVaishnaw he tweetedBJP workers had raised Jai Shree Ram slogans at the inauguration programme as a result of which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to get up on the dais from where the train was flagged offAttempts by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Governor C V Ananda Bose to pacify her did not bear fruit as she chose to sit on a chair below the dais along with the audienceThe incident had created a major controversy with the Trinamool Congress taking exception to the raising of political slogans at a government programme made more solemn by the death of the mother of the prime minister while the BJP tried to downplay the incident with Vaishnaw saying that nothing had occurred to cause any angst as party workers often raise slogansThis 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