63 former workers allegedly beat executive to death
More than 60 employees who were fired from an Italian auto parts manufacturing company in India have been arrested in connection with the beating death of the company's chief executive officer.
Lalit Kishore Choudhary, the 47-year-old CEO of Graziano Trasmissioni India, died after being attacked with iron rods and wooden sticks inside the company factory on the outskirts of New Delhi on Sept. 22.
Police have charged 63 former workers with murder. The workers had been called in to settle a dispute that had led to the dismissal of about 200 employees.
The company reportedly dismissed the workers after they vandalized the premises during a dispute two months ago when they were demanding a raise in salary. The dismissed employees were demanding reinstatement and the management had invited them for talks. The workers attacked Choudhary when he tried to talk to them.
More than 20 other employees working on the day of the attack were also injured and sent to hospital. Police arrested another 73 workers on charges of disturbing the peace.
Lalit Kishore Choudhary, the 47-year-old CEO of Graziano Trasmissioni India, died after being attacked with iron rods and wooden sticks inside the company factory on the outskirts of New Delhi on Sept. 22.
Police have charged 63 former workers with murder. The workers had been called in to settle a dispute that had led to the dismissal of about 200 employees.
The company reportedly dismissed the workers after they vandalized the premises during a dispute two months ago when they were demanding a raise in salary. The dismissed employees were demanding reinstatement and the management had invited them for talks. The workers attacked Choudhary when he tried to talk to them.
More than 20 other employees working on the day of the attack were also injured and sent to hospital. Police arrested another 73 workers on charges of disturbing the peace.
