Throwing stones at Vande Bharat train will be punishable for 5 years, Railways warns

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Vande Bharat Specific: The Central Authorities has began Vande Bharat trains in lots of states of the nation. Vande Bharat is getting higher services as in comparison with different trains. Nevertheless, regardless of all this, incidents of stone pelting on Vande Bharat trains have come to the fore at many locations previously. Railway has taken strict steps concerning this. South Central Railway (SCR) has warned that if anybody is discovered pelting stones at every other trains together with Vande Bharat, he may be sentenced to five years in jail.

9 incidents of Vande Bharat trains being focused got here to the fore

The warning got here after a number of incidents of stone pelting on Vande Bharat trains got here to the fore from totally different locations in Telangana. A press launch from the South Central Railway mentioned that some incidents happened in Kazipet, Khammam, Kazipet-Bhongir and Eluru-Rajahmundry. Vande Bharat trains have been focused by miscreants within the current previous and there have been 9 such incidents. Other than this, incidents of stone pelting have been reported on Vande Bharat Specific in Telangana, Bihar, UP, Chhattisgarh and many others since its inauguration in February 2019.

Stone pelting on trains is a legal offense

South Central Railway additional mentioned that stone pelting on trains is a legal offense and strict motion shall be taken towards the culprits underneath Section 153 of the Railway Act. The culprits will also be sentenced to five years in jail. After registering a number of circumstances by the Railway Safety Force, 39 criminals have been arrested up to now. SCR’s chief public relations officer CR Rakesh advised information company PTI that the Railway Safety Force (RPF) can be taking a number of preventive measures, together with consciousness campaigns and coordination with sarpanches of villages close to the tracks and making them gram mitras. .

deployment of personnel in delicate areas

SCR additional mentioned that personnel have additionally been deployed in all of the delicate areas liable to stone pelting. Earlier, a number of incidents of stone pelting have come to the fore on Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains as properly. Vande Bharat is now being focused in the previous few occasions. On 11 March, stones had been pelted on the Howrah-Newjalpaiguri Vande Bharat Specific prepare, damaging the window panes of one among its coaches.

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