Stone pelted at Vande Bharat Express in Kerala’s Kannur

Unidentified miscreants allegedly pelted stones at the recently launched Vande Bharat Express train on Monday when it was passing through an area between Kasaragod and Thiruvananthapuram in this northern Kerala district, according to the news agency PTI.

The incident took place around 3.27 pm on Monday, and railway officials alerted the local police about it and an investigation was launched.

The incident came to light after a scratch was observed on one of the train's windowpanes, allegedly caused by a stone thrown at the train while passing through Valapattanam town in Kerala.

Although it has not been confirmed that the incident took place exactly at Valapattanam limit and all measures have been taken to prevent similar incidents in the future.

This is the second such incident to occur in Kerala after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the state's first Vande Bharat Express train from Thiruvananthapuram on April 25.

Earlier, unidentified individuals allegedly threw stones at the train while passing through an area between Thirunavaya and Tirur.