By NNN-PTI,
Patna, India : Bihar continues to burn for the fourth consecutive day on Friday in the aftermath of anti-MNS protest as youths indulged in arson and vandalism across the state.
Violence erupted in Boring road area of the state capital with nearly 100 youths armed with sticks descending on the streets smashing window panes of shops and pulling down arches put up for Deepawali festival, police said.
Two students suffered minor injuries in the cane-charge by the police near the outpost while a strong contingent of police was rushed to control the situation.
The agitators also blocked the Anisabad chowk area of the city by burning two bitumen containers. The police chased away the students. After these incidents, the security of all the major installations have been beefed up.
The agitating students ransacked the circle office, National Rural Employment Guarantee office and post of Madhuban block in East Champaran district.
The students set documents on fire and also burnt tyres, Superintendent of Police Madan Kumar Anand said.
They also attacked a branch of State Bank of India in Madhuban block and smashed the window panes and computer, Anand said adding the agitators pelted stones at a passenger train passing through Mehsi railway station.
Prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in Motihari town where the agitators had yesterday targeted the railway station.