Watch: Train stunt land Chennai students in legal trouble; arrested

A video showing three college students sporting sword-like objects and performing stunts on a train in Chennai has emerged on social media. The youths identified as Presidency College students, were arrested for their inappropriate actions.

Using or possessing sharp and harmful weapons often leads to legal consequences in India. Also, youths are inclined to perform dangerous stunts to become famous on social media. One such video of three college students carrying sword-like objects in their hands to complete a life-threatening stunt on public transport has surfaced online.

The Divisional Railway Manager of Chennai shared this video on social media and brought the case to the notice of the general public. The 45-second-long shows three youths dragging the sword-like entity on the railway platform while hanging from the train. The students have also been seen travelling on the train’s footboard, which is an offence under the applicable sections of the Railway Act.

The officials disclosed the case details and recognised the three students involved in the misbehaviour - Anbarasu and Ravichandran from Gummidipoondi and Arul from Ponneri.  The three youths, identified as Chennai's Presidency College students, were arrested for their inappropriate actions. The incident occurred on October 9 and left co-passengers concerned after the trio created a stir after allegedly banging the machete on the train's coach.

In another tweet, the Divisional Railway Manager Chennai expressed zero tolerance towards such conduct of misbehaviour and dangerous stunts on the coach or in railway premises. The DRM also urged people to come forward to complain to @rpfsrmas or @grpchennai against such individuals. 

After being shared online, the video accumulated over 64K views and 473 retweets. Social media users condemned their behaviour and said that movies influence their actions. A user wrote, "Emulating their on-screen heros from some movie or the other! No sense of separation between make believe and reality." Another person commented, "What their parents are doing? It is their responsibility to teach their children good behaviour." Watch the video.