Slapped 7 times: Bengaluru metro security staffer assaulted for enforcing queue at Majestic station; 4 held | Bengaluru News
BENGALURU: A metro security staffer was assaulted by four male passengers at Kempegowda Interchange Metro Station, Majestic, after he asked them to stand in a queue before boarding a Green Line train. The incident occurred around Sunday afternoon at 12.45 pm on Platform 3 of the Green Line, when the four men arrived at the crowded platform, planning to travel towards Madavara.According to metro officials, one of the accused slapped the staffer, identified as Indrajit, seven times and verbally abused him for enforcing the queue rule. Another passenger allegedly kicked him.The accused are reportedly from Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh and work at IT firms.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. However, the men ignored the instructions and missed the train that arrived at 12.47 pm.When Indrajit repeated his request to queue for the next train, one of the men turned violent and physically assaulted him.“One of them slapped the security staffer seven times and abused him. Another passenger kicked the staffer. Metro staff immediately alerted the police about the incident,” said a source in 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 station. Indrajit later filed a complaint, based on which an FIR was registered.A metro official said, “Despite the attack, the security staffer stayed calm and reported the incident to his seniors. Shockingly, many commuters witnessed the assault, but no one came forward to help him.”
