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Graziano employees blame cops for CEO's murder
Published on Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 23:47, Updated on Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 00:44 in India section
Tags: Graziano Trasmissioni, Noida Murder , Noida
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Noida: A day after the tragic death of Graziano Trasmissioni Chief Executive Officer LK Chaudhary inside the factory and at the hand of his own employees, 136 sacked employees have been arrested.
The incident has stunned the corporate world and raised a disturbing question: could the tragedy have been averted if the police had reached on time?
Chaudhary, say his friends, was a mild mannered man. The 48-year-old CEO of Graziano Trasmissioni led a 1000-strong work force. The violence on Monday inside the plant not only claimed Chaudhury's life, it also sent 26 of his employees to the hospital including 10 who are in the ICU.
Among those injured is 42-year-old Padam Singh. A machine operator at the factory, Singh blames the police for the violent turn of events.
"No police personnel came for almost an hour. The entire incident happened due to laxity on the part of police. There is no security," says Singh.
And the fact that there was laxity on the part of the police is clearly borne out in an eye witness account.
Assistant Manager Phool Singh, who witnessed the killing, says, "At around 12 noon a marketing manager's vehicle entered the premises from the gate and as soon as the gate opened many people entered. When the commotion started then Chaudhary sir was inside his room. Some employees went to his and asked him to speak to the agitating sacked workers who were beating other employees."
"He (Chaudhary) called all the female employees and took them to the guest room. When the agitators came to know that Chaudhary was inside the guest room they broke open its door. He just about managed to come out of the room. But he was surrounded by a mob which started beating him with sticks. He was hit on the head and fell down. Then some young men hit him on the head with a hammer. I ran away from there. Other employees, too, ran away as they started beating all of them with sticks. Even I was hit," Singh adds.
The Greater Noida plant of the gear box manufacturer now wears a ransacked look.
Cars with broken panes, shattered glass and some metal rods reportedly used by the rampaging group of sacked workers still lie in the driveway. Work is at a standstill as employees now fear going back to work.
"There is a lot of danger and no one can deny it. Chaudhary sir was the CEO and now he has been killed," an employee Rajeev says.
'Where were the police' is what everyone is asking and how were the sacked workers allowed to take the law into their hands resulting in the death of the CEO.
"Definitely the response was not fast enough. We have suspended the concerned SHO. This was a sudden incident. Over 125 people have been arrested. We have charged 63 people with rioting and murder," RK Chaturvedi, Senior Superintendent of Police, Noida says.
The tragic incident could have been avoided had the management been a little more foresighted; police had acted on time and the sacked workers been a little more patient. But now the lessons have been learnt at a very high cost.
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