‘Came to get certificate, got shot at’: 3 suffer bullet injuries as protesters, police clash amid Bihar bandh

5 min readPatnaJul 27, 2026 05:20 AM IST Security personnel try to evict protesters during the 'Bihar Bandh. (PTI)A day after clashes between protesters and police in Bihar’s Siwan, police acknowledged on Sunday that “aerial firing was carried out”, alleging that protesters had “directly attacked” police during Saturday’s violence. However, one of those who suffered a bullet injury claimed that he had come to Siwan from his village to get a certificate and was going to the District Magistrate’s office for this purpose when he was hit in the leg by a bullet. Three people sustained bullet injuries and several police personnel, including Superintendent of Police (SP) Puran Kumar Jha, were injured in Bihar’s Siwan district on Saturday during a statewide bandh over the NEET paper leak and the r