Situation in Bihar continued to be tense, as thousands of students have come out in open protesting against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and its chief Raj Thackeray. All Bihar-bound trains have been cancelled or disrupted following the violent protests by angry students. As many as 15 Bihar-bound trains have been cancelled and seven trains have been rescheduled.

The prominent among the cancelled trains are New Delhi-Guwahati Sampark Kranti Express, Delhi–Malda Farakka Express, Puri Express, New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express and Howrah Express and the Sealdah Express. The Mahananda Express, the Northeast Express, the Howrah Express and the New Delhi-Guwahati Rajdhani Express have been rescheduled.

Meanwhile, the Railways have refused to run trains in Bihar unless the Bihar government provides adequate security to trains and staffs. The issue has taken a political colour with RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar coming to face-to-face over this issue. The cancellation of trains has caused immense trouble to people in New Delhi and Patna, as thousands of people were left stranded.

Motihari railway station in Bihar was set ablaze on Thursday by students protesting against Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, a senior Railways official said in Patna on Thursday.

The ongoing violent students’ protest took an ugly turn when a portion of Motihari railway station was set ablaze after the students ransacked the station.

A Railways source in Motihari said that offices of the station master and others were set ablaze by students.

“Offices of the railway station are burning as no move was made to stop it,” sources said.

After the police was informed about the incident, a fire brigade vehicle was sent to railway station but it was badly damaged by students.

The local administration and the police remained mere mute spectator to the violence.