Railway examination’s alleged irregularities triggered protests in Bihar’s Gaya district starting Wednesday afternoon as job aspirants set ablaze a train coach.

Several protestors blocked roads in Patna as opposition parties and groups such as the All-India Students Union (AISA) called for a state-wide bandh on January 28 over the alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Board’s Non-Technical Popular Categories (RRB NTPC) exam 2021.

At least eight students and owners of six coaching centres have been named in an FIR for their alleged role in inciting violent protests linked to the process.

During the protests, the job aspirants had blocked the New Delhi-Kolkata main railway tracks. Hundreds of angry protesters also allegedly set ablaze a train in Bihar’s Arrah.

**EDS: VIDEO GRAB** Gaya: A train burns after the aspirants set it on fire during their protest over alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Boards-Non Technical Popular Categories (RRB-NTPC) exams, at Gaya Junction railway station, Wednesday, January 26, 2022. (PTI Photo)(PTI01_26_2022_000299B)
Gaya: Railway Protection Force personnel try to douse the fire in a train set by the aspirants, during their protest over alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Boards-Non Technical Popular Categories (RRB-NTPC) exams, at Gaya Junction railway station, Wednesday, January 26, 2022. (PTI Photo)(PTI01_26_2022_000306B)
Patna: Aspirants block a road during a protest over alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Board’s Non-Technical Popular Categories (RRB NTPC) exam 2021, in Patna, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (PTI Photo)(PTI01_25_2022_000156B)
Patna: Aspirants pelt brickbats towards police personnel during a protest over alleged erroneous results of Railway Recruitment Board’s Non-Technical Popular Categories (RRB NTPC) exam 2021, in Patna, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (PTI Photo)(PTI01_25_2022_000155B)
Patna: Jan Adhikar Party activists burn tyres to block a road during the Bihar bandh called by students over alleged discrepancies in Railway Recruitment Board’s Non-Technical Popular Categories (RRB NTPC) exam, in Patna, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. (PTI Photo) (PTI01_28_2022_000009B)