At least eight students and owners of six coaching centres were named in an FIR on Thursday for their alleged role in the violent protests linked to the railway’s recruitment in Bihar, according to reports. 

The owners of the coaching centres, including popular Youtuber ‘Khan Sir’, have been accused by the Patna police for allegedly inciting violence by instigating the students. The teachers and students have been charged under IPC section 120B (criminal conspiracy), 147 (rioting), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 353 (assault on a public servant). None of the tutors has been arrested, reported Indian Express. 

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The complaint was filed at Patrakar Nagar police station in Patna on the basis of statements by protestors who had been taken into custody on Monday. 

Railway examination’s alleged irregularities triggered protests in Bihar’s Gaya district on Wednesday afternoon as job aspirants set ablaze a train coach. The protests have now been contained, authorities said in a statement.

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Aditya Kumar, a law enforcement officer in Bihar’s Gaya district, told ANI that the situation was now under control. Railway job aspirants reportedly pelted stones toward the police before setting the train coach on fire.

A protestor at the site alleged that the CBT-2 exam date was not notified and the Railway authorities gave no update on the results of previous exams too, according to reports from ANI. “We demand cancellation of the CBT-2 exam and release of exam result”, one protestor said on Wednesday.

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Several students’ organisations, including the All India Students Association (AISA), called for a state-wide bandh on Friday to protest against the alleged irregularities in the Railway Recruitment Board’s Non-Technical Popular Categories (RRB-NTPC) exam 2021, reported PTI.

The protests started in the state after several students claimed that there were discrepancies in the RRB recruitment process. The government’s decision to conduct two computer-based tests (CBT) for the RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) had irked thousands of students across the state who wanted a single test.

(With PTI inputs)