Stone Shatters Duronto Express Window During Dinner, Man Claims 4 Friends Injured
Railway officials said passengers confirmed a stone or object hit the train’s windows, and 1,698 stone-pelting cases were reported across Indian Railways last year.
- On Friday, September 25, 2026, the Nagpur-Mumbai CSMT Duronto Express faced a stone-pelting incident near Borkhedi Station in Maharashtra, cracking window glasses on three coaches without injuring any passengers.
- Central Railway officials received information at 20:46 hours and immediately conducted a search between Km 803 and Km 796 in the Borkhedi-Sindhi section following the stone impact at approximately 20:27 hours.
- Chief Public Relations Officer Swapnil Nila stated that authorities questioned the Police Patil and local residents near Borkhedi and Brahmani villages but found no suspicious persons or concrete evidence at the scene.
- After the incident, the train halted at Wardha station for approximately half an hour for safety checks before resuming its journey to Mumbai as Indian Railways intensified patrolling in vulnerable locations.
- A case was registered at 2:55 am on September 26 under Section 153 of the Railway Act, 1989, against an unknown person. Stone-pelting carries penalties up to ten years imprisonment, with 665 prior arrests across the network.
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Train stone-pelting horror: Window pane shatters onto passengers having dinner on Mumbai Express - The Tribune
Window panes of three coaches of Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express (Train No 12290) were damaged after a reported stone-pelting incident shortly after it passed Borkhedi station in Maharashtra on Friday night. According to the Indian Railways, no passenger was injured or reported any loss in the incident.
Scary moment captured on camera as train window breaks during Nagpur-Mumbai journey after stone-pelting
A viral video from the Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express shows a train window shattering after being struck by an object during the journey, reigniting concerns about passenger safety on Indian Railways.
Stones pelted at Nagpur-Mumbai Duranto Express, passenger injured as compartment window broken
The stone broke the glass of a compartment window and slightly injured a passenger. After the incident, the train was stopped at Wardha station and checked for about half an hour. After checking, the train left for Mumbai.
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