Title - Death on road, blockade on railway track - The Times of India

PATNA: Trains' movement remained paralysed for about two-and-a-half hours on Friday near Sachivalaya halt under the Danapur division of East Central Railway (ECR), causing inconvenience to passengers, particularly those travelling by long-distance trains.

According to Danapur DRM L M Jha, an irate mob led by RJD MP Ram Kripal Yadav rushed to Sachivalaya halt around 2pm and squatted on railway tracks to protest the death of a youth in road accident. The agitated people disrupted train movement to press their demand for compensation to the deceased's family. The blockade on tracks was lifted around 4.30pm following the intervention of railway and local administration, the DRM said.

Expressing his anguish over unnecessary detention of trains, Jha said about 10 long-distance trains were delayed due to the agitation. The death of the youth was not in any way related to the railways, he said. Yet people targeted railways for no valid reason, the DRM said and sought people's cooperation for smooth running of trains under the division.