When AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi was traveling in a Vande Bharat train, stones were pelted on him on Monday evening.
Waris Pathan of the AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) tweeted in Hindi, “This evening when we along with @asadowaisi sir, SabirKabliwala sahab and @aimim_national team were traveling in ‘Vande Bharat Express’ train from Ahmedabad to Surat, some unidentified people broke the glass by pelting stones on the train”.
Pathan has also shared the pictures of the incident on a twitter.
Sumit Thakur, a Western Railways chief public relations officer (PRO), has released a statement after the incident in which he confirmed that the stone was pelted during Owaisi’s journey, but no damage on the inner side of the trains’s glass.
“An incidence of stone hitting the Vande Bharat Express on its way to Mumbai on 7/11/2022 came to light. The incidence occurred between Ankleshwar and Bharuch section. There was a minor damage to the outer glass window of E-2 coach which has been attended and there’s is no damage on the inner side of glass,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, Pathan attacked Bharatiya Janata Party( BJP) in his speech later in a day at an event. He said, “What is happening Modi ji,” he said, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Sometimes there are cattle incidents (linked to Vande Bharat) and then this. We were about to reach Surat when a stone suddenly hit the train. The glass was cracked. Then another stone hit. Owaisi sahab was travelling. Irrespective of attacks our voices won’t be silenced,” he said.