Woman attacks co-passenger with pepper spray on Delhi Metro. Video goes viral

A video shared on Twitter where two women travelling on Delhi Metro get into an argument - and then one of them uses a pepper spray - has been viewed has been viewed over 500,000 times. The video was posted on Twitter by BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga on April 2. In the video, the two women were seen yelling at each other and it was not clear what started the quarrel.

As the quarrel escalated between the two, one of them threatened to use pepper spray. And then seconds later, she takes out the pepper spray can from her handbag and sprays on her co-passenger even though the woman tried to stop her from doing so.




Some other passengers on board the train were also were heard coughing. "So that can happen anywhere , it’s people few people behaviour/anger sometimes bursts based on situations/circumstances. What’s point of sharing it?" an user replied to Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. Another user pointed out that it is an old video.

Oleoresin capsicum (OC) is the active agent in pepper spray, which is an oily concentrated extract from plants of the genus Capsicum, more commonly referred to as the chili pepper, according to National Library of Medicine. It is used as a self-protection tool.

Delhi Metro has not mentioned pepper spray in the list of items prohibited to be carried onboard. In the list of disabling chemicals and other dangerous items be be carried on Metro, it mentions radioactive substances,
acids and other corrosives, poisonous substances, oxidizing substances, gases compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure and tear gas.