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Upset With Girlfriend, Weed-Intoxicated Man Pelts Stones At Vande Bharat Train Near Thane | India News

Upset With Girlfriend, Weed-Intoxicated Man Pelts Stones At Vande Bharat Train Near Thane | India News

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Last Updated:March 14, 2026, 12:43 IST A 23-year-old man was arrested for throwing a stone at the Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express near Thakurli station, causing chaos and damage. AI-generated image used for representation. A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly throwing a stone at the Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express near Thakurli station in Thane district on Friday, according to a police official. The accused, identified as Sunny Kamble from Pune, is reportedly a drug addict. As per a report by Times Of India, Kamble was upset after his girlfriend refused to speak to him. “Though no one was hurt in the incident, a window of the premium train suffered extensive damage. Fragments of the glass hit some passengers, leading to chaos in the coach. After the act, the train’s passengers saw Kamble click selfies. They alerted the Central Railway control room following which a team of the Railway Protection Force and railway police rushed to the site,” an official was quoted as saying by PTI. Authorities launched a search along the tracks …

Duo held for transporting 18 kg ganja from Odisha to Secunderabad

Duo held for transporting 18 kg ganja from Odisha to Secunderabad

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Police presenting the accused before the media along with the seized contraband on Friday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Two persons were arrested with 18 kilograms of dry ganja worth ₹9.14 lakh while they were transporting the banned substance from Balugaon in Odisha to Secunderabad during an operation by the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Secunderabad Railway Station. The accused were identified as 25-year-old Abhishek Singh alias Golu Singh, a native of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh, and 23-year-old Abhishek Kumar Singh alias Abinash, a hotel worker from Kolkata. Police said the two are relatives. On Thursday, GRP and RPF sleuths jointly conducted surprise checks targeting drug peddlers on platforms and trains at Secunderabad Railway Station. During the operation, they apprehended the two accused. According to investigators, the prime accused, identified as Digal of Chilka in Odisha, is absconding. Police said that about two months ago, Abhishek Singh had travelled to Bhubaneswar in search of employment, where he came into contact with Digal, who disclosed that he was engaged …

Sweating In AC Coach? Small Detail Leads To Big Bust At Prayagraj Railway Station

Sweating In AC Coach? Small Detail Leads To Big Bust At Prayagraj Railway Station

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Last Updated:April 28, 2025, 09:27 IST Under ‘Operation Passenger Security,’ GRP and RPF caught three notorious criminals at Prayagraj Junction with stolen items worth Rs 1.5 lakh. All three are long-wanted criminals with a history of theft-related offences and had been on the GRP’s radar for some time. (News18) In a significant breakthrough under the ongoing ‘Operation Passenger Security’ initiative, a joint team of the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) successfully apprehended three notorious criminals at Prayagraj Junction Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh. The campaign, aimed at ensuring passenger safety and preventing thefts on trains and station premises, has led to increased vigilance across key transit points. During one such operation at the station, GRP personnel observed three individuals disembarking from an air-conditioned coach and sitting at the Howrah end of platform number 1. Notably, all three appeared to be sweating profusely, an unusual sight for passengers in an AC compartment, which immediately aroused suspicion. Upon being questioned, the trio claimed the coach was excessively warm, although no technical fault with …

Woman Alleges Harassment By Men On Train, Railway Police Responds

Woman Alleges Harassment By Men On Train, Railway Police Responds

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A woman travelling aboard the Mahakaal Superfast Express from Indore to Govindpuri, Kanpur, has accused a group of eight men of harassing her during her journey. The woman, travelling with her daughter and brother, shared her disturbing experience on social media, where she detailed the verbal abuse and harassment she faced. In a post on Twitter, the woman described how the men started making vulgar comments, singing lewd Bhojpuri songs, and continuing their harassment throughout the journey until the train reached Sant Hridayram Nagar. “A group of 8 rowdy men started commenting on my modesty, saying vulgar comments, singing vulgar Bhojpuri songs, and kept harassing me till Sant Hridayram Nagar!” she wrote. Watch the video here: See how Fauji bande are abusing and showing me chappals!TC was for namesake! He just wanted to make me shut my mouth! pic.twitter.com/BWewxlX36c — 🇮🇳 मुमुक्षु सनातनी (@Pratyangira1) April 7, 2025 The woman, in a state of distress, questioned the behaviour of the men, asking, “Are they really ‘Rakshak’ (saviour)?” She also mentioned that despite filing a complaint with …

RPF flags ‘lapses’ behind New Delhi railway station stampede | Latest News India

RPF flags ‘lapses’ behind New Delhi railway station stampede | Latest News India

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Two announcements, three minutes apart, about a Prayagraj-bound Kumbh Special train, but mentioning different platforms may have sparked the deadly stampede that killed at least 18 at New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday night, a report of the incident by the Railway Protection Force said. Crowds of Passengers seen at the New Delhi Railway Station a day after the stampede. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo) The two announcements, the first one saying the train would leave from Platform 12, and the second, Platform 16 came just before what the report terms “a stampede-like situation”. HT has reviewed a copy of the report that refutes the Indian Railways version of events, which claims that there was no announcement regarding Platform 16. The incident report prepared by inspector in-charge of RPF’s New Delhi post mentions that after the announcements for Kumbh Special, passengers from platform number 12, 13,14 and 15 tried to reach pedestrian bridge number 2 and 3 using the staircases while passengers of Magadh Express and Uttar Sampark Kranti Express that were stationed on platform numbers 14 …

Railway Protection Force organises blood donation camp to mark RPF Raising Day

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The Railway Protection Force (RPF), in association with Red Cross Blood Bank, conducted a blood donation camp to mark the RPF Raising Day here on Friday. The camp was conducted at the railway hospital in Vijayawada. M. Sowribala, Chief Medical Superintendent, Vijayawada Railway Hospital, Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Valleswara B. Thokala, Assistant Security Commissioner Madhusudhana Rao and other officers were present. Published – September 27, 2024 05:45 pm IST Source link

Stones thrown at Durg-Vizag Vande Bharat days before maiden run; five arrested | Latest News India

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Sep 14, 2024 03:19 PM IST PM Narendra Modi will flag off this latest Vande Bharat service on Monday, the eve of his 74th birthday. In the latest such incident involving a Vande Bharat train, stones were pelted at the Durg-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasumund, resulting in the arrest of five people, officials said on Saturday. A Vande Bharat Express train. (FILE PHOTO) A relative of one of the accused is a member of a political party, they also claimed. The incident occurred days before prime minister Narendra Modi, on Monday – the eve of his 74th birthday – is to flag off this latest Vande Bharat service. It will connect Chhattisgarh’s Durg and Visakhapatnam (also called Vizag) in Andhra Pradesh. “The train was passing through Bagbahra railway station on its way back from Visakhapatnam to Durg during its trial run around 9pm on Friday,” PTI quoted Praveen Singh Dhakad of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), as saying. “On the way back, some anti-social elements hurled stones, damaging window panes of C2, C4 …