Patna/Bhopal/Jaipur: Thursday's Bharat Bandh against the recent amendment to the SC/ST Act rocked several states in north India.

While shops, schools and commercial establishments were closed in parts of Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, the shutdown call by anti-reservation bodies had little impact elsewhere in the country.

There was sporadic violence, mainly in Bihar, where bandh supporters stormed Patna's Rajendra Nagar terminus and disrupted the movement of trains for about 30 minutes, an official said.

Last month's amendment to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act had nullified the "safeguards" ordered by the Supreme Court against arrests without a preliminary inquiry under the SC/ST law.

Shops and commercial establishments remained largely closed in Bihar capital's Patna, but banks and government offices functioned normally. PTI