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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