Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, two bullets were allegedly fired at the moving Nandan Kanan Express train in Bhadrak district by unknown persons this morning, prompting the GRP to launch an investigation.
However, no one was injured in the incident that took place near Charampa station.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel secured Nandan Kanan Express and escorted it till Puri, Railway officials said, adding that the matter is now under investigation by the GRP.
“The guard of the 12816 Anand Vihar-Puri Nandan Kanan Express reported an incident that the window of the guard van was hit with something piercing through it. As per the reports, the incident took place in the Bhadrak-Baudpur section of Odisha around 9.30 am,” the East Coast Railways said in the statement.
The train left Bhadrak station around 9.25 am and the alleged firing took place five minutes later.
A senior GRP official said efforts were on to identify those involved in the alleged firing. The motive and target of the firing were yet to be ascertained.