US EditionIn Brutal Assault with Machetes, 4 Tamil Nadu Youths Injure Migrant From Odisha, Post Video on Instagram Flashing Victory Sign
Four 17-year-olds assaulted a migrant worker with machetes on a suburban train near Chennai, leading to arrests and three sent to a juvenile home, police said.
- Today's date is 2025-12-29, four boys, all aged 17, allegedly attacked a migrant worker from Odisha aboard a suburban train from Chennai to Thiruthani, leaving him hospitalized at Thiruvallur Government Hospital.
- After videos circulated on social media, police detained the four teenagers, according to NDTV, following an Instagram reel showing a machete.
- Three teenagers were remanded to a juvenile home in Chengalpattu while the fourth accused was released on bail, the court citing his studies.
- The political response split, with AIADMK leader Kovai Sathyan urging the boys be tried as adults while DMK leader TKS Elangovan called it isolated and said thousands of migrant labourers across Tamil Nadu feel safe.
- Opposition parties have stepped up criticism of the MK Stalin-led DMK government, with Karti Chidambaram urging massive vehicle and identity checks and a statewide 'Show of Force' as assembly elections are due next year.
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In brutal assault with machetes, 4 Tamil Nadu youths injure migrant from Odisha, post video on Instagram flashing victory sign
The opposition linked the episode to what it described as a deteriorating law-and-order situation in the state and the DMK’s inability to rein in drug use and violent crime
17-yr-olds attack man with sickles, record video of assault
Chennai: Police apprehended four minors on Sunday, December 28, for brutally attacking a 34-year-old man from Maharashtra with sickles and recording the video of the assault in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai. The incident took place on the evening of December 26 near the railway quarters close to the Tiruttani railway station. Acting on a public alert, police personnel rushed to the spot and rescued the victim, identified as Suraj of Kolhapur district in…
Dravidian Model: Ganja-Addicted Tamil Nadu Boys Brutally Assault North Indian Migrant Worker With Sickle, Pose With Victory Sign
The brutal assault on a migrant worker reportedly from Madhya Pradesh (some reports state the worker was from Maharashtra) in Thiruvallur district has once again exposed the ground-level consequences of Tamil Nadu’s long-running anti-Hindi political culture, which has steadily normalised suspicion and hostility toward migrants from northern states. In the disturbing viral video, a migrant worker is brutally assaulted with sickles by four minors …
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