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The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Vriddhachalam successful Tiruchi Division has apprehended 4 boys successful transportation with the chromatic throwing connected the Chennai Egmore-Tirunelveli Vande Bharat Express connected Sunday evening which caused harm to the solid windows of six coaches. The incidental was reported betwixt Vriddhachalam and Talanallur railway stations.
Preliminary enquiry had revealed that a radical of boys which was walking alongside the way had thrown stones astatine the bid causing harm to the solid windows of coaches C5, C6, C7, E2 and C18. There were nary injuries to immoderate rider arsenic ascertained by the inspection of the coaches and enactment with passengers by the railway officials astatine Tiruchi railway junction.
The RPF pursued the culprits successful adjacent villages and apprehended 4 boys who were aboriginal sent to a juvenile home, said a property merchandise from the Chief Public Relations Officer, Southern Railway M. Senthamil Selvan connected Monday. Stone pelting connected trains is simply a transgression offence nether Sections 153 and 154 of the Railway Act, 1989.
In summation to stepping up vigil, the RPF was organising consciousness drives astatine locations of specified incidents arsenic good arsenic successful the adjacent areas, including schools and villages, to discourage miscreants from indulging successful acts that endanger the information of bid operations, the merchandise added.
