THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Hundreds of train passengers were stranded following a flash strike conducted by the railway employees at the Thiruvanananthapuram Central Railway station on Friday.
They were protesting against an attack on a Train Ticket Examiner in Kannur on Thursday night.
Hundreds of train passengers were stranded following a flash strike conducted by the railway employees at the Thiruvanananthapuram Central Railway station on Friday.
They were protesting against an attack on a Train Ticket Examiner attached to Thiruvananthapuram division by officials in Kannur on Thursday night.
Mr Jayakumar, a TTE with Thiruvananthapuram division of Southern Railway, was attacked by a contractor and the staffers attached to the Kannur railway station. His two teeth were knocked out in the attack.
The Kannur town police arrested the contractor Binu, 39, of Mundayad whereas the railway engineer identified as Praveenkumar is absconding.
“Jayakumar wanted to check in at an official rest room at Kannur railway station. The suspects asked the man to get a letter from the Palakkad division of railway as he belongs to Thiruvananthapuram. This led to an argument that resulted in the attack on Jayakumar,” police said.
