Updated On: 26 January, 2022 05:56 PM IST | Patna | IANS
A large number of protesters, holding Tricolours assembled on the track in the Patna-Gaya railway section in the morning. When the Shramjeevi Express arrived, they initially pelted stones and then set some coaches on fire

Students protesting against alleged irregularities in Railway Recruitment Board`s exam allegedly set a passenger train on fire, in Arrah. Pic/ANI
The ongoing protest by job aspirants and students turned violent when a large number of agitators set several coaches of the New Delhi-bound Shramjeevi Express train on fire in Bihar`s Gaya.
As a large number of protesters were protesting in Patna, Arrah and Buxar, the Rajgir-New Delhi Shramjeevi express train was diverted towards Gaya to go to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (Mugal Sarai) and then further towards New Delhi.