CISF personnel thrash metro station manager

New Delhi: A station manager at Dwarka Sector 21 Metro station was allegedly beaten up by a few Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel on Thursday, following a tiff, officials said. 

The incident, which led to temporary suspension of services between Dwarka Sector -21 and Janakpuri West stations after 9 pm, has prompted the CISF to order an inquiry into the alleged assault. 

According to sources, the incident at around 12:30 pm was triggered by an argument that ensued when a tyre of a vehicle apparently belonging to the CISF was "deflated" since it was parked in an "unauthorised zone" outside the premises of Dwarka Sector 21 station. 

"A CISF personnel then asked a DMRC staff as to why was it done. The staff told him that since it was parked illegally, the station manager had ordered to deflate the tyre," a source said. 

The CISF is tasked with guarding the Delhi Metro facilities. "That CISF staffer, along with a couple of other personnel, then went to the room of the station manager and thrashed him," the source alleged. 

Dwarka Sector-21 is the terminus of the busy Blue Line (Dwarka Sector-21-Noida City Centre/Vaishali) corridor. 

"A complaint has been lodged on the matter by the DMRC and the CISF is taking up the issue departmentally also. Senior officers from both the DMRC and CISF had to intervene to sort out the issue," a senior DMRC official said.