Gharaunda (Haryana), Sep 17 - Two teenagers from poor families were arrested here Thursday evening for allegedly throwing stones at a train in which Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was travelling, police said. The boys confessed they threw stones regularly at passing trains for fun.

Haryana Police detained three teenaged boys in the morning for questioning but released one of them (aged 19 years) in the evening. The other two, aged 14 and 16, were formally arrested and booked under the Indian Railways Act.

'Based on our investigations, we detained three teenagers from Gharaunda village for questioning. We have arrested two of them. They hail from very poor families,' Inspector General of Police (Rohtak) V. Kamaraj told IANS.

He added, 'The railway guard said that the miscreants were in the age group of 16-17 years. So we were focusing on youngsters in the neighbouring villages.'

The official ruled out the possibility of political parties being involved in the incident.

'Not at all, there is no political party involved in it.