Police arrest 3 Chennai students for wielding machetes in train

CHENNAI: A day after three college students were dragging machetes in a moving train, they were arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) on Tuesday.

In a video, the trio could be seen dragging the machetes dangerously to cause them and other passengers harm.

We would like to inform you that the 3 youths seen in this viral video performing stunts with sharp weapons in their hand, have been arrested by @grpchennai! They are Anbarasu and Ravichandran from Gummidipoondi and Arul from Ponneri. They are all students of Presidency College. pic.twitter.com/3FQVpTWeoW

— DRM Chennai (@DrmChennai) October 11, 2022

They were identified as Anbarasu, Ravichandran and Arul. All the three are students of Presidency College.

A tweet informing their arrests were posted on the official handle of Divisional Railway Manager, Chennai. Public were also encouraged to inform such acts to either RPF or GRP.