CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu police have detained 4 17-year-old faculty dropouts for hacking a 20-year-old migrant employee from Odisha with sickles close to deserted railway quarters in Tiruttani, a temple city on Chennai’s northwestern fringe, after filming the assault to publish as a social media reel.The sufferer, Okay Suraj, lately arrived in Chennai following a household dispute and had been surviving on menial jobs, police mentioned Monday.The assault unfolded Saturday night aboard a Chennai-Tiruttani EMU native practice. At Thiruvalangadu station, about 70km northwest of Chennai, the 4 juveniles boarded Suraj’s compartment, allegedly drunk & carrying two sickles hid in baggage. Investigators mentioned they deliberate to make use of the weapons whereas recording content material for social media.A quick change in Hindi escalated into an argument that continued till the practice reached Tiruttani station, round 90km from Chennai. After disembarkation, the youths allegedly compelled Suraj in the direction of the railway quarters close to the tracks. Three attacked him with sickles, with one flashing a “victory signal”, whereas a fourth recorded the assault on a cell phone, police mentioned.Suraj suffered deep reduce wounds. Bleeding closely, he staggered to a close-by street, the place passers-by alerted railway police. He was taken to Tiruttani govt hospital and later referred to Tiruvallur Govt Medical School Hospital, the place medical doctors mentioned his situation was steady. Police traced the suspects utilizing the video uploaded to Instagram, finding them later that evening close to Gangai Amman temple alongside the Tiruttani-Arakkonam bypass, a freeway stretch in town’s outskirts, the place they have been allegedly consuming. Produced earlier than the Juvenile Justice Board, three have been despatched to a authorities statement residence. The fourth, described as in another way abled, was launched to his dad and mom with a warning.