UP police arrest 4 people for pelting stones at Vande Bharat train

Stones were pelted at the newly inaugurated Gorakhpur-Lucknow Vande Bharat Express after it mowed down six goats of their herd. The window panes of four coaches were broken.

olice arrested Munnu Paswan and his sons Ajay and Vijay for the act on Sunday.

According to a police statement, the incident happened on July 9



when the express train was passing through the Sonawal railway station.

Six goats, who happened to be on the tracks, were mowed to death by the train which was headed to Lukhnow. Accused Munny Paswan and his sons threw stones at the train damaging the window panes. No one was hurt,” said senior superintendent of police (SSP) Raj Karan Nayyar.