Sadar police station house officer (SHO) Manju Sinha speaks to students of Government High School in Pakri Ismail village on the outskirts of Muzaffarpur town on Wednesday after children went on the rampage in protest against inadequate infrastructure at the institution. Nearly 700 children set school furniture on fire and vandalised the premises on not being provided enough benches and classrooms for 1,500 students. The students submitted written complaints to the SHO, requesting her to bring their problem to the notice of the district magistrate and senior superintendent of police.

Text by Khwaja Jamal, picture by Pankaj Kumar