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Police fired teardrop state shells and took recourse to lathi-charge erstwhile a mob disrupted railway postulation connected the outskirts of Patna, alleging a deficiency of an capable fig of trains for a competitory exam, a apical authoritative said connected Sunday (June 14, 2026).
According to Amresh Kumar, the Inspector General in-charge of the Railway Protection Force for East Central Zone, which covers a large portion of Bihar, occupation erupted astir midnight erstwhile "more than 200 young men, posing arsenic students appearing for competitory exams" turned up astatine the Pataliputra station.
"Trains had been ferrying students to assorted parts of the State for the exams of the Excise Department scheduled connected Sunday (June 14, 2026). The troublemakers alleged that arrangements were inadequate and squatted connected the tracks, demanding a peculiar bid that could assistance them scope their destination successful time," the IG said.
The IG, who had rushed to the spot on with a contingent of RPF and GRP, said that the constabulary informed the Railway authorities astir the abrupt unreserved and, astir 2 a.m. a peculiar bid did arrive.
However, those squatting connected the tracks refused to budge and erstwhile constabulary unit tried to disperse them, indulged successful pelting of stones, helium said.
"Normalcy was restored astatine the station, wherever choky information arrangements are successful place, by 3 am. Though, arsenic a past resort, we had to bid lathi-charge and firing of teardrop state shells," helium added.
"It appears that galore of the young men astatine the presumption were anti-social elements who really wanted to foment occupation truthful that the exams would get cancelled. Their antics affected postulation connected the presumption wherever 2 rider and a goods bid remained stranded for hours. Other trains which had to walk done Pataliputra station, were tally connected alternate routes till normalcy was restored," the IG said.
He besides said RPF and GRP person got successful interaction with Patna Police with whom CCTV footage of the presumption volition beryllium shared to place those progressive successful vandalism.
Patna Zone IG Jitendra Rana told reporters, "Yes, we are successful interaction with GRP and Railway officials and an FIR volition beryllium lodged successful transportation with the incident. Those progressive are being identified with assistance of CCTV footage and they volition beryllium brought to book."
Meanwhile, erstwhile Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav was asked astir the incident, helium said, "It is unfortunate that specified an incidental took spot connected the eve of a competitory exam. Youngsters, too, should beryllium mindful of decorum (maryada)."
