What really happened at Azadpur Metro station and why CISF officer opened fire; watch video to understand

A dangerous and rare incident witnessed inside Azadpur metro station.

In a dangerous and rare incident witnessed inside Azadpur metro station, a CISF officer on Tuesday opened fire in the air leaving Delhi Metro travellers stunned. Now, a CCTV camera video has emerged which shows what really happened inside the Delhi Metro station and why the CISF personnel opened fire. Reportedly, the shocking incident happened at 8:20 pm at the Azadpur metro station after two men engaged in an argument at the ticket counter and things went from bad to worse as others joined in the brawl. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel deployed at the station brought the two to the control room and asked them to pay the fine for creating trouble. Here is the video of the incident:-

#WATCH CISF officer fires in the air to disperse a group of people who entered into a brawl at Azadpur metro station in Delhi;no one injured pic.twitter.com/A1aJZ1qE92

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Also, one of the miscreants, a 17-year-old resident of Wazirpur industrial area, called his associates to the station. Nearly 20 people reached the station soon and allegedly beat Delhi Police constable M L Meena, who was taking the two to the Kashmere Gate police station, the officials said, as per a PTI report. The miscreants grabbed the collar of CISF Assistant Sub- Inspector Mohammed Umar, who had to fire in the air to control the crowd, officials said.

The situation at the station was chaotic but metro rail services were not interrupted.

The police said they have detained a few people and are examining the next legal step. Senior officials of the CISF and the Delhi Police were examining the CCTV video of the incident.