Thursday, July 19, 2012

Maruti Suzuki India suspended production at Manesar Plant

MSI,the leader car maker Maruti Suzuki India  suspended production at a plant near at Manesar after workers attacked managers, leaving one person dead and more than 85 injured, a company official said Thursday. Local police have  80 people arrested  charged with murder, attempt to murder, causing grievous injury and rioting

 Indiscipline is cause of vandalism is said to have begun when there was an altercation between a supervisor and a worker. The worker slapped his senior and was suspended. The workers however claim that the management started the fight. They have alleged that the supervisor had made remarks against the worker, who is a member of a Scheduled Caste.A senior HR executive, his injured head bandaged, said workers turned violent then, stormed a conference room and beat up senior officials of the company severely.Five portions of the plant including a control room were set afire during the violence. When the fire was doused, the charred remains of a body were found.

One killed and 85 were reportedly injured, among them two Japanese nationals, when workers and members of the management clashed violently.The official, who declined to be identified told that a burned body had been recovered from the Manesar plant's main conference room after violence erupted late Wednesday. "Production has been completely stopped," he added. Maruti has accused the workers for starting the fire, and has said they had injured at least 40 executives and managers. The statement has alleged that the union had tried to prevent the management from taking disciplinary action against the worker who slapped his senior and that they had also prevented executives from leaving the factory, holding them hostage.Media agencies Inputs NDTV

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