SINGAPORE: A 24-year-old man fought with the aide place manager after refusing to board a train headed for the depot, causing the latter to fall unconscious after frequently banging his head against the train door.
Meenachisuntharam Pandiselvam was fined S$ 800 for his behavior while intoxicated and given a four-week jail sentence on Tuesday( October 10 ) for voluntarily causing harm.
Pandiselvam was reportedly in a train wagon at Punggol MRT Station on January 16 of this year at around 12.15 am, according to information provided to the jury.
A 55-year-old associate stop manager who had been assigned to the train depot went to make sure nobody boarded the vehicle before it arrived back at the depot.
At the system, the man noticed Pandiselvam inside a train’s carriage and noticed that he was walking shakily and had bloodshot eyes.
He had consumed two 180ml bottles of vodka and was inebriated.
Pandiselvam was told to get off the train by the secretary place manager, but he resisted.
Pandiselvam and his belongings were pulled out of the station and onto the platform by the secretary station manager.
He assisted Pandiselvam in standing up and instructed him to collect his belongings and left.
But, Pandiselvam turned hostile and began tossing his possessions around.
The assistant place manager assisted Pandiselvam in retrieving his missing earpiece after he had thrown his belongings around the system in an effort to de-escalate the situation.
Pandiselvam remained in the area despite this. At around 12.20 a.m., the assistant station manager warned him that if he did not leave, police may be called.
The associate station manager ducked into a train cabin to prevent Pandiselvam as he became intense and pursued him.
Pandiselvam followed the assistant stop administrator into the train as the door shut behind him, and they started arguing.
The admin station manager’s head repeatedly hit the coach door as Pandiselvam pushed him against it while they were on the floor of the cabin.
The two were eventually split up by a different place worker.
The prosecutor claimed that the accused aggressively removed all of his clothing — aside from his underwear — after being separated and then sat down in the train cabin.
The sufferer, who had a concussion and bruises over his neck and elbow, went to the hospital. Three times of” outpatient sick left” were allotted to him.
For Pandiselvam, the prosecutor demanded a prison sentence of four to six weeks and an S$ 800 to S$ 1,000 fine.
He claimed that Pandiselvam was the attacker and had ingested alcohol on purpose. He” continued to conduct petulantly by taking off his clothes” even after being restrained, according to the attorney.
The target also sustained wounds to his nose, a vulnerable area of his body.
Pandiselvam could have been sentenced to three years in prison, fined up to South$ 5,000, or both for intentionally hurting someone.