Tensions have escalated in three states on the third day of protests against the new Agnipath scheme. In Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, trains were set on fire by demonstrators amid heightened tensions.
To quell the agitation, in Telangana's Secundrabad, police had to resort to use of firing. The power supply to the railway station was stopped.
The Southern railways have also discontinued trains to the area.