A video showing a group of migrant workers, reportedly from north India, being abused and assaulted by allegedly a local man onboard a moving train in Tamil Nadu has gone viral on social media, sparking outrage from users.

In the video, which was been widely shared and viewed on social media platforms since it was first posted, a man is seen hurling abuses and physically assaulting some migrant labourers inside an overcrowded compartment of a moving train.

The man is heard asking one of the workers if he was “Tamil or Hindi” and then assaults the labourer and his co-workers despite other passengers urging him to stop.

Local reports said that the victims belonged to north India and the assailant was accusing the workers of stealing away jobs from Tamilians.

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An official said the Tamil Nadu railway police said has taken cognizance of the incident and registered a case in this regard, adding that a lookout notice has been issued for the accused who is currently absconding.

In an official statement, the police said: “Government Railway Police Tamil Nadu has registered an FIR against the accused persons under relevant provisions of law. Perpetrators of the crime will be brought to book.”

They said that further investigations into the matter are ongoing.

In a similar incident, a construction labourer from West Bengal, died of fatal injuries on February 15, after he was viciously beaten by a group of locals on Sunday night who mistook him for a thief in Thazhambur.

The deceased, identified as Kshetra Mohan Burman, succumbed to injuries at the Chengalpattu government hospital.

As per reports, Mohan had come to the state to work in a construction project by the Casa Grand group in Kelambakkam, near Chennai.

Police said that six accused identified as—Vignesh, Raja, Bala Murugan, Anand, Ganesh and Ramesh—have been arrested in this connection.

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