Police have arrested four minors, all aged 17, in connection with the case. Further investigation is underway.
Published Dec 29, 2025 | 2:24 PM ⚊ Updated Dec 29, 2025 | 2:24 PM
Migrant worker attacked by four minors. (Screengrab)
Synopsis: The incident occurred while the victim, identified as Siraj (34), was travelling on an electric train from Chennai to Tiruttani. According to information, the minors allegedly threatened him with sharp weapons during the journey while recording videos on a mobile phone. The situation escalated after Siraj objected.
A migrant worker from North India was critically injured after being attacked with sickles by four minors in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvallur district, on Monday, 29 December.
The incident occurred while the victim, identified as Siraj (34), was travelling on an electric train from Chennai to Tiruttani. According to information, the minors allegedly threatened him with sharp weapons during the journey while recording videos on a mobile phone. The situation escalated after Siraj objected.
The group later took him to a secluded area near the Tiruttani railway station, where he was repeatedly attacked with sickles. The assault was filmed by the accused. Video footage of the incident later circulated on social media.
Siraj was found with severe cut injuries outside the Tiruttani railway station and was taken to the Tiruvallur Government Hospital for treatment. His condition is reported to be critical.
Police have arrested four minors, all aged 17, in connection with the case. Further investigation is underway.
The incident comes on the heels of a mob lynching of a migrant labourer from Chhattisgarh, Kerala’s Palakkad.
He was allegedly subjected to a mob trial and execution in Walayar, Palakkad district, on suspicion of theft. Disturbingly, the assault was also laced with racial profiling, with the mob reportedly questioning whether he was “from Bangladesh”, exposing a dangerous mix of prejudice, xenophobia and brute violence.
Ram Narayan, survived by his wife, two minor children and his mother, had arrived in Walayar barely a week before his death, seeking work and to meet his cousin Sasikanth, a mason employed in the area.
