Majestic metro assault: Security staffer slapped 7 times, kicked for asking Bengaluru techies to stand in queue | Bengaluru News
BENGALURU: A metro security staffer was assaulted by four male passengers at the Kempegowda Interchange Metro Station, Majestic, on Sunday afternoon after he asked them to stand in a queue before boarding a Green Line train. Metro officials said one of the accused slapped the staffer, identified as Indrajit, seven times and abused him for enforcing the queue rule. Another passenger allegedly kicked him. The accused are said to be from Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh and work at IT firms. The incident occurred around 12.45 pm on Platform 3 of the Green Line when the four men arrived at the crowded platform, planning to travel towards Madavara. Indrajit asked the group to move to an empty space and form a queue so they could board safely in the last coach of the train when it arrived at the platform. However, the men ignored the instructions and missed the train that arrived at 12.47 pm. When the staffer repeated his request to queue up and board the next train, one of them turned violent and physically assaulted the metro security personnel. “One of them slapped the security staffer seven times and abused him. Another passenger kicked the security staffer. Metro staff immediately alerted the police about the incident,” said a source in the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL). As the accused attempted to board the following train, two elderly commuters confronted them and stopped them from entering the coach in protest against the assault. Police personnel from Upparpet Police Station soon reached the platform and took all four men to the police station. Indrajit later filed a complaint, based on which an FIR was registered. A metro official said, “Despite the attack, the metro security staffer stayed calm and reported the incident to his seniors. Shockingly, many commuters witnessed the assault, but no one came forward to help the security staffer.”
