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The Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi express in which Rahul Gandhi was travelling was stoned Tuesday night near Panipat,about 100 km from here,and the AICC general secretary was not in the three compartments which was hit.
There were no immediate reports of any injury to passengers while SPG sources said there was no threat to Rahul in the incident.
Some window panes of three coaches–C1,C2 and C4were broken when some children stoned the train while it was approaching a rail crossing near Ghokrunda station in Panipat district in Haryana,according to a Northern Railways spokesman here. The train was travelling at a speed of 20 km per hour at the time of the incident,he said.
The spokesman said 39-year-old Rahul was in the C-3 bogie amid reports that the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty was not perturbed by the incident.
Rahul was returning to the national capital from Ludhiana where he boarded the train after addressing youth congress workers of Punjab.
The spokesman said the train did not halt and continued with its journey.
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