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Fired Workers Kill Boss in India

Workers, invited to negotiate, beat Indian chief of Italian manufacturing firm to death

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 23, 2008 4:17 PM CDT

(Newser) – An angry mob of laid-off workers killed their former boss at an Italian manufacturing firm in India yesterday, the Independent reports. Lalit Kishore Choudhary, who oversaw Oerlikon Graziano’s auto-parts business in India, was bludgeoned to death with iron bars as he tried to negotiate with the disgruntled former employees. Apparently, a deal was in the works to bring some workers back.

The factory where the riot took place is just outside of Delhi; police there said 63 people were being charged with Choudhary’s murder. Some 240 employees were fired earlier this year; though some were taken back, others had been protesting outside the gates. The company had requested increased security from the state government.

Protesters in India.
Protesters in India.   (AP Photo)
Protesters challenge the police.
Protesters challenge the police.   (AP Photo)
Indian paramilitary soldiers use tear gas to disperse protesters.
Indian paramilitary soldiers use tear gas to disperse protesters.   (AP Photo)
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