The Railway Protection Force arrested two persons on charge of throwing stones at the Mangaluru-Thiruvananthapuram Ernad Express. The incident occurred around 10.20 a.m. on Thursday.
The arrested have been identified as Sadiqali, 30, a native of Chelannoor, Kozhikode, and Alikharil Moidu, 53, a native of Azhiyur in Mahe Azhiyur. They were selling goods on the train when they got into an argument. They alighted at Thalassery station and pelted each other with stones. A stone hit the train. No one was injured in the incident. The duo boarded the train again and an RPF team, alerted by the passengers, arrested them when the train reached Vadakara.
