A 24-year-old Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to 4 weeks in jail and fined for voluntarily inflicting harm to a railway officer after being instructed to deboard a midnight practice because it was headed to the depot, mentioned a media report on Wednesday.
The incident occurred on January 16 this 12 months when Meenachisuntharam Pandiselvam was travelling on a practice in an inebriated situation. He continued to be seated on the practice even after it crossed its final station at Punggol MRT and thereafter was heading to the depot, Channel News Asia reported.
He was approached by the assistant station supervisor who requested Pandiselvam to deboard the practice. However, he refused to depart the practice and bought right into a scuffle with the officer, leaving the latter concussed after pushing his head towards the practice door repeatedly.
Following the incident, the prosecutor sought 4 to 6 weeks’ jail and a high-quality of 800 to 1,000 Singaporean {dollars} for Pandiselvam.
The prosecutor mentioned Pandiselvam was the aggressor and voluntarily intoxicated.
For voluntarily inflicting harm, Pandiselvam might have been jailed for as much as three years, fined as much as 5,000 Singaporean {dollars} or each.
Edited By:
Prateek Chakraborty
Published On:
Oct 12, 2023
