Security guard thrashes sleeping passengers at TVM bus stand, arrested [Video]

Security guard Vijayakumar brutally hit the sleeping passengers with his cane and asked them to leave The video of the incident went viral on social media and was carried by news channels as well Vijayakumar was arrested under IPC sections 324 and 506, and has also been sacked

The Thiruvananthapuram police on Thursday arrested a security guard, who was caught caning sleeping passengers at a bus terminal at Thampanoor.

In a blatant misuse of power, security guard Vijayakumar brutally hit the passengers with his cane on Tuesday and asked them to leave the terminal. 

Another guard slapped a passenger who questioned them. The video of the incident went viral on social media and was carried by news channels as well.

Vijayakumar was arrested under IPC sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 506 (criminal intimidation). He was later released on bail.

Jayachandran, the district transport officer, said Vijayakumar was sacked soon after the incident. "He (Vijayakumar) was appointed on a temporary basis and has been terminated after the assault. He was recruited through a firm which supplies the security guards," Jayachandran said.