[1] The riots were initially started on 17 March 2018 in Bhagalpur where a procession during the Hindu festival of Rama Navami led by Arijit Shashwat (son of Ashwini Kumar Choubey) turned violent and clashes started between Hindus and Muslims.
But some unidentified people vandalised a Hanuman idol in a temple in Nawada and violence broke out again affecting the Siwan, Gaya, Kaimur, Samastipur, Munger, Aurangabad, Nalanda, Haiderganj and Rosera districts.
[6] According to a report by The Statesman, "People, especially youth riding hundreds of motor bikes, take out rallies, brandish swords and other weapons and play highly objectionable songs.
Violating the terms and conditions, they try to enter Muslim-majority areas which is objected to by the local Muslim populations.
As a result, stone pelting starts and then shops and other properties belonging to a particular community are set on fire.
The clashes started in the Bihar when Nathnagar area turned violent where an authorized procession was taken out by BJP, Bajrang Dal and RSS activist.
[3] On 24 March 2018, when Ram Navmi procession was stopped by some people, clashes occurred between two communities at Hassanpura.
[3] According to NewsClick report, the procession was passing through an already permitted route and when they start raising provocative slogans targeting a specific community and displayed weapons publicly—for which they were stopped.
[2][3] On 25 March 2018, Aurangabad reported the communal clashes in which stone pelting incidents occurred during Ram Navmi procession.
[2][3] On 27 March 2018, during the immersion procession of Chaiti Durga, some people played controversial songs[4]) and chanted inflammatory slogans against the Muslim community.
According to NDTV report, he said there was an effort to divide people which had led to tensions across the country, a situation that had been made much worse by indiscreet statements by leaders.