Patna: Agitated over Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's statement favouring 50 per cent local quota in railway jobs, hundreds of youths on Monday ransacked the Barh railway station, 65 km from Patna, and blocked the rail traffic for a few hours.
Hundreds of youths assembled at the Barh station in the Patna-Mokama section of the East Central Railway (ECR) on Monday morning and went on a rampage, Assistant Superintendent of Police (Barh) Sujit Kumar said.
They ransacked the railway station building and blocked both Up and Down lines by putting up rail sleepers, he said.
Agitated youths also pelted stone when policemen tried to disperse them, Kumar said, adding, a couple of constables sustained minor injuries in the incident.
Rail traffic in the section was disrupted for a couple of hours following the agitation, he said.
Several trains, including Up and Down Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express, Shramajivi Express and some passenger trains from Kiul to Patna and Rajgir to Patna were affected by the agitation and were reported running behind their schedule, Kumar added.