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Patna: One student was killed and 10 others, including policemen, were injured after students ire against some private coaching centres turned violent in Patna on February 9, 2010.
Police had to burst teargas shells and resorted to lathicharge to quell unruly strong mob of students who were protesting poor quality of teaching and unethical practices adopted by some coaching institutes.
They also claimed that coaching istitutes had duped them. The victim, who succumbed to injuries at a hospital, was accidentally fired upon by a guard posted in front of a institute, police said.
Trouble began when hundreds of agitated students blocked roads in Bazaar Samiti, Pathar Ki Masjid, Kankerbagh, Kadamkuan and Rajendra Nagar localities. They also pelted stones at the coaching institutions and vehicles, demanding shutting down of the centres.
Police said they had to resort to mild lathicharge. Teargas shells were fired to disperse the agitators, who had set police motorcycles on fire, after police failed to control the situation.
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