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Students in Bihar today blocked train and vehicular traffic to protest the attack on north Indians by Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
Hundreds of students squatted on Darbhanga-Samastipur railway line near Donar for more than 30 minutes after they received information that 8 of the examinees from here were mercilessly assaulted by MNS activists in Maharashtra, police said.
A train on the route was held up for about half an hour due to the agitation, sources said, adding police later used mild force to get the track cleared.
The agitators then headed for Donar Chowk where they brought vehicular traffic to a halt by burning tyres. A bus, which happened to pass by, was attacked by the students, who smashed the windscreen and window panes.
Teams from Sadar and Town Police Station rushed to the spot and persuaded the agitators to lift the blockade after about an hour of chaotic scenes.
In Patna, where hundreds of students arrived from Mumbai, lodged complaints with the government railway police accusing MNS activists of having beaten them up and looted valuables. They alleged that the Mumbai police refused to entertain their complaints.
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