Earlier, senior Kapu leader M Padmanabham said that they will not tolerate any further delay in granting of ‘Backward Classes’ status to the Kapu community.

In the video clip, activists are seen throwing stones at the Ratnachal Express, and setting bogies on fire. The passengers inside the train can be seen panicking and narrating the incident to their relatives and family members over phone.

The incident forced the authorities to stop all trains running between Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada stations on Sunday, as well as Monday, causing huge inconvenience to passengers.

Read more on the agitation here.