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Psychoblues
09-24-2008, 12:23 AM
Quote: India's labour minister declined to criticise the attack, saying it "should serve as a warning for management."


Source: AFP

6 hours ago

NEW DELHI (AFP) — Sacked workers in India beat to death the boss of the Italian company that had laid them off, police said on Tuesday, in a killing the government described as a "warning for management."

Scores of former employees at car parts maker Graziano Transmissioni attacked chief executive Lalit Kishore Chaudhary, 47, when a meeting on Monday to discuss a long-running labour dispute turned violent, police said.

"Twenty-three people are still in hospital," superintendent of police Babu Ram told AFP.

Police said the company sacked more than 100 workers three months ago but arranged the meeting to work out a possible reinstatement deal.

"Only a few people were called inside. About 150 people were waiting outside when they heard someone from inside shout for help. They rushed in and the two sides clashed," Ram said.

Chaudhary, a father with one son, was hit on the head with either a stick or an iron rod and was declared dead on arrival at hospital, police said.

India's labour minister declined to criticise the attack, saying it "should serve as a warning for management."

"Workers should be dealt with with compassion," Oscar Fernandes told reporters in New Delhi, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.

"The workers should not be pushed so hard that they resort to whatever happened."................

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