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Indian workers kill CEO of Italian firm after tiff
WSN Network

NOIDA: In a shocking incident, angry workers of a Rs 360-crore Italian concern in India lynched to death the CEO of the company near the national capital right inside the premises.

The incident jolted the corporate world even as the police arrested more than 100 retrenched workers for the murder but the government said "simmering discontent among the workers" was the main reason behind the death of L K Chaudhary, and it should "serve as a warning for the managements."

Choudhary (47), the India-head of the Rs 360-crore Graziano Transmissioni India Pvt Ltd, was killed when a meeting to discuss the dismissal of over 125 workers turned violent.

Later, police charged 136 people with rioting and murder but Union Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes said, "It is my appeal to the managements that the workers should be dealt with compassion." 

The problem over the dismissed workers has been simmering for some time and the incident occured when both sides had reached an understanding but the management pushed things over the edge by asking some to sign self-incriminating statements.

After a fracas ensued, security guards fired and all hell broke loose. Choudhary wife Ratna is a Reader in the Physics Department of Delhi University's Kirori Mal College. His brother stays in Toronto.

24 September 2008
 

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