DHAKA: Indian Railway shut four metro stations in the heart of Delhi without notice over students’ protest on Friday.

They closed those stations in the morning after local students declared to protest in front of the Prime Minister's residence on Race Course Road on the day same, NDTV reports.

The stations that have been shut down are Patel Chowk, Central Secretariat, Race Course Road and Udyog Bhawan.

Report said that more than 3,000 students are currently holding a demonstration at Civil Lines in North Delhi against the change in pattern of the Civil Services exams - which makes CSAT (Civil Services Aptitude Test) compulsory for those who want to become Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. 

Over 100 students have been detained from Tughlaq Road and Aurangzeb Road in central Delhii when they were protesting near the offices of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the body that conducts these tests.

BDST: 1342 HRS, JUNE 27, 2014