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Patna, (Bihar Times): This did not happen in Bihar, but
to a Bihari student.
Twenty-four-year old Deenbandhu Diwakar was a gold
medalist from Patna University and at present B Ed
student of Delhi University. He was simultaneously
preparing for civil sevice examination. He hails from
Nokha block of Rohtas district of Sasaram.
Now he is in the All India Institute of Medical
Sciences battling to save his eye-sight. He along with
63 students had gone on an educational trip to Bhopal.
While returning on Monday they were attacked by a mob
consisting of commuters on the Kosi-Palwal rail route
(Haryana).
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According to the media reports from Delhi the S-9
reserved coach they were travelling in while returning
to Delhi was decoupled from the rest of the train and
surrounded by a mob of more than 60 miscreants who
smashed windowpanes, pelted the students with stones
and threw flaming missiles dipped in kerosene in a bid
to set it ablaze.
As he tried to throw back one of the flaming fireballs
thrown inside the coach through the broken emergency
window Diwakar was hit on his right eye by a stone
thrown by someone in the mob.
Doctors at AIIMS said that Diwakar’s eyesight
continues to be critical. Already one operation has
been conducted and he will have to undergo two more to
set his retina right. His brother, Manohar, student of
law in Benaraas Hindu University, has arrived and
parents too are on way.
Diwakar was staying at Permanand Colony in Mukherjee
Nagar. Initially, he was reluctant to let the news of
his injury trickle down to family members because his
youngest sister is to get married next month.
Meanwhile, the RPF have launched a manhunt to nab all
those responsible for the attack on the passengers of
the Express train on Monday.
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