Brut Spent a Cold Night With Delhi's Security Guards

Brut India

While Delhi-NCR was experiencing a biting cold wave in January, Brut spent a night with the security guards of a high-rise society to understand how they deal with unprovoked rage from the rich.

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00:00I'll skin you alive!

00:02Take this!

00:06In the Gurgaon Export Company

00:08a contractor slapped a guard

00:10in front of me.

00:12That day I swore

00:14that I won't work as a guard.

00:16It's been a long time since I've seen you.

00:18Get lost!

00:20Don't you ever get angry?

00:22Ma'am, I get angry.

00:24But what can I do?

00:30Hi guys, I'm Ashmita and I'm a Brute Journalist based in Delhi NCR, which is currently, i.e.

00:49on 6th January 2023, experiencing a biting cold wave.

00:53The temperatures have dropped below 3 degrees in some parts of the city,

00:57which is January's minimum in 2 years.

01:00Now I have a cozy home, I have blankets, I have floofs, I have a room heater to keep me warm.

01:05But not everyone is as lucky as I am.

01:08And something happened recently that is making me do this video today.

01:12I was coming back a little late from work and I saw some security guards below my society

01:18lighting up a fire and going about their duty.

01:21It clashed with the images and the visuals I had seen in the past year

01:25of so many security guards being beaten up and treated badly by so many residents in some of the societies.

01:32So for one night in January, I wanted to leave my cozy home

01:36and actually go hang out with these security guards who stay awake all night so that we can sleep cozy.

01:55I am telling you about today's duty.

01:58You will go to the tower, take a handover.

02:01You will see what all has happened in the handover throughout the day.

02:05Handover and takeover in a proper way from your TV.

02:09Gate number 5.

02:11Gate number 5.

02:13Gate number 5.

02:15Gate number 5.

02:17Gate number 5.

02:19Gate number 5.

02:21Gate number 5.

02:23Gate number 5.

02:25Gate number 6.

02:26Gate number 6.

02:27Manoj.

02:30Take off.

02:37Namaste, sir.

02:38Namaste.

02:39Any problem?

02:41Any problem?

02:43Are you not feeling cold?

02:45Who is not feeling cold?

02:47It must be the heater.

02:48That's why you are feeling cold.

02:49Have you eaten?

02:51When did you install the heater, sir?

02:53I installed the heater yesterday.

02:55Manoj Yadav is in his late 20s

02:57and had come to the city from UP's Firozabad district to find employment.

03:03After facing multiple rejections in companies, he became a security guard two months ago.

03:08But if given a choice, Manoj says he wouldn't have ever chosen this profession.

03:13Do you enjoy working as a security guard?

03:19Yes.

03:21In a company in Gurgaon,

03:23a contractor slapped a security guard in front of me.

03:27That day, I swore that I wouldn't work as a security guard.

03:30Two pieces of cloth fell from his hand.

03:33He was holding it.

03:35Two pieces of cloth fell from his hand.

03:37The security guard slapped him.

03:40Since then, I haven't been able to work as a security guard.

03:42What happened to me?

03:44Two pieces of cloth fell from my hand.

03:45I picked it up and started working as a security guard.

03:48I shouldn't have done that.

03:50Were you also a contractor then?

03:52No, I was working for a company in Albury.

03:58I was very bad at that time.

04:0160% of the people are stubborn.

04:03They say, we have a security guard.

04:05We should listen to him.

04:08But 20% of the people say, let's go.

04:11I don't want to go.

04:12Has this ever happened to you?

04:14Yes, it has happened to me twice.

04:16What happened?

04:18I told a security guard,

04:20Sir, we have a new entry.

04:22Do you know me?

04:24He said, Sir, I don't know you.

04:27If I knew you, I wouldn't have asked you to let me in.

04:31I said, Sir, I don't know you.

04:33This is my first day.

04:35Please tell me who you are.

04:38He said, I am a security guard.

04:40You can fire me whenever you want.

04:42I said, I can fire you.

04:44You can fire me.

04:45I don't have a problem with that.

04:47But please tell me who you are.

04:51What did he say?

04:53He said, let's go.

04:54Get back to work.

04:56Have you ever gotten angry?

04:58Yes, I get angry.

05:00But what can I do?

05:14What is the temperature right now?

05:176 degrees Celsius.

05:186?

05:21Last night, it was around 2-3 degrees.

05:24Yes, it was.

05:25It was 5 last night.

05:27Today is Friday.

05:28Isn't it too hot?

05:30Yes, it is.

05:31We have to eat till 4 or 5.

05:35So, you don't eat till 5?

05:36We have to eat till 5.

05:38We have to eat till 5.

05:40We have to eat till 5.

05:42We have to eat till 5.

05:43We have to eat till 5.

05:45How old are you?

05:47Me?

05:49I am 22 years old.

05:5022 years old.

05:51Why didn't you take any other job?

05:55I have been doing this for a year.

05:59I am preparing for it.

06:02Preparing for what?

06:03Indian Army.

06:04You are preparing for the Indian Army?

06:06Do you get any security training?

06:09Yes, we do.

06:10We get training for the fire department.

06:13We get training for everything.

06:15How long do you work?

06:17Till 8?

06:18Yes, from 8 to 8.

06:19And then you go home and eat?

06:21We reach our room at 9.

06:23And then?

06:24Then we have to eat.

06:25We have to study after 2 hours.

06:27We have to sleep after 11.

06:28We have to wake up at 5 in the evening.

06:30And then?

06:31We have to eat again.

06:32Yes, we have to eat again.

06:35After working for 12 hours daily,

06:37without any paid leaves,

06:39Raghavendra is able to take home a salary

06:41of about Rs. 13,000 per month.

06:45But for many like him,

06:46the job of a security guard

06:48is an entry point into various special forces.

06:51If you give the right order,

06:53you will be allowed to come home.

06:55If you come with respect,

06:57the police will kill you.

07:01The police has no value.

07:03The police has no value.

07:05The army has value.

07:13We are rich people.

07:15We come here.

07:16If there is no gate,

07:17we will ask the tower flat.

07:19If you are in a good mood,

07:21you won't tell us.

07:22We won't open the gate.

07:23It will be nonsense.

07:26We will have to open it.

07:29Do you live here with your family?

07:30No, ma'am.

07:31How will we run the family?

07:33How many days haven't you met your family?

07:36It's been 5 months.

07:38We are planning to go next month.

07:41Did you get a leave?

07:43Where do you get a leave?

07:45This is our payment.

07:47If you get a leave, you get it.

07:49There is no other place.

07:51It's not fixed.

08:02It's a little cold.

08:04It's nice at the gate.

08:06We went for 2 rounds.

08:07You went for 2 rounds?

08:08Yes.

08:09There is a supervisor.

08:11It's a cold season.

08:12It's so peaceful.

08:14Everyone is in peace.

08:15Everyone is in the cold.

08:16Yes.

08:17It's okay.

08:18It's not snowing.

08:19It's very cold.

08:20It's very cold.

08:21What do you do if you feel cold

08:23when you roam around at night?

08:25Ma'am,

08:26I don't feel cold when I walk.

08:28When you walk fast,

08:30how can you feel cold?

08:32We are here to protect you.

08:34We are here to put you to sleep.

08:36So that you don't have any problem

08:38and sleep peacefully.

08:39That's why we are here.

08:40That's why we are on duty.

08:41It's okay.

08:42We are in a good facility.

08:44It's okay.

08:47What's your name, sir?

08:48My name is Dinesh Singh.

08:50Dinesh Singh.

08:51How long have you been working here?

08:53It's been 8 years.

08:55I know everything about this job.

08:57I know everything about security.

09:00Okay.

09:01I know the entire security formula.

09:03What's the formula?

09:04Please tell us.

09:05The biggest formula of security is

09:06stop, stop, let them go.

09:09Please explain to us what it means.

09:11First of all, stop them.

09:12Then ask them

09:14where they have to go,

09:15in which freight they have to go.

09:16After confirming,

09:17we have to send them back.

09:18Okay.

09:19We have cameras all around.

09:23So you work all night.

09:25How do you spend your time?

09:27I just tell them

09:29how I spend my time.

09:30We sit together.

09:32If there's movement,

09:33we sit together.

09:34If there's no movement,

09:35we sit together

09:36and roam around.

09:37There's no problem.

09:38Okay.

09:39There's movement.

09:40After that,

09:41there's no movement.

09:42This is what happens

09:43with the security guard.

09:44If you're sleepy,

09:45you can roam around.

09:47You don't have to sleep.

09:49What do you do if you're sleepy?

09:51Wash your face,

09:52drink water,

09:53and that's it.

09:54What else?

09:55You've got used to it.

09:56Yes.

09:57I used to feel sad too.

09:59When I came from my village,

10:01when I saw a car

10:03in my hand,

10:05I used to wonder

10:06how I used to spend

10:0712 hours a day.

10:08Now I remember

10:10it feels good

10:11when I don't even know

10:12when I stop.

10:13India has over 9 million

10:15security guards,

10:16driven by the rise

10:17in gated societies.

10:19Most of them migrating

10:20from rural areas

10:21are employed by

10:22unlicensed private

10:23security agencies

10:25and hence

10:26are often left out

10:27of any protection

10:28under the

10:29Private Security

10:30Regulation Act.

10:31They are the first

10:32responders in case

10:33of any emergency

10:34in residential

10:35and commercial complexes.

10:36Yet,

10:37they often face

10:38the brunt of

10:39unfair working conditions,

10:40harsh weather,

10:41and also

10:42unprovoked rage.

10:44In Delhi NCR alone,

10:46several incidents

10:47of assault on security guards

10:48came to light

10:49in 2022.

10:53What do you think

10:54happens when

10:55a security guard

10:56commits a mistake?

11:24The

11:52temperatures were

11:53dipping.

11:54I went back

11:55to my room

11:56after a few hours

11:57but couldn't

11:58stop thinking

11:59about the guards

12:00who'd be up

12:01all night

12:02in that cold

12:03without sleep

12:04guarding me

12:05and the hundreds

12:06of my neighbours

12:07who'd probably

12:08wouldn't even

12:09spare a glance

12:10at them

12:11next morning.

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