Namma Metro services resumed after a seven hour disruption due to a protest by the Metrol employees against the arrest of their colleagues, on Thursday. According to a report on NDTV, the protest was called off after successful negotiations between workers and police.
City Metro services were temporarily suspended today as employees staged a protest over alleged manhandling and arrest of two Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited officials after a scuffle with security personnel. As many as four lakh commuters were stranded when they found all stations had been closed, police said. "Train service temporally stopped....," Bangalore Metros Twitter handle said.
The services were resumed later after negotiations with police and BMRCL officials who prevailed upon the employees to withdraw the protest, officials said. BMRCL employees were demanding the release of two of their officials arrested yesterday when they got into a scuffle with Karnataka State Industrial Security Force (KSISF) personnel deployed at a station here.
The Metro employees and KSISF personnel reportedly exchanged fisticuffs and abuses over a row on security checks at Sir M Visveswaraya Central College station. The employees resorted to protests after talks between KSISF and Namma Metro officials to resolve the matter failed.
The talks took place at 4 am, police said. PTI
