New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team probing the violence that occurred at the Maruti plant in Manesar on July 18, 2012, has said that the violence was not instigated from outside. The SIT report says the violence resulted from internal issues between the company management and workers.
The Haryana police has framed charges against 145 people after questioning 300 witnesses. A senior manager had died after workers had gone on a rampage. The company had claimed that the violence had been orchestrated from outside.
The Haryana government had formed an SIY to go into the root cause that led to the violence. The report prepared by the SIT goes to over 3,000 pages. The big question now is as to what will Maruti Suzuki do? The company has laid off over 540 workers based on their internal probe, but officials maintain that in the internal probe and the SIT probe of the Gurgaon police, the objectives are different, so there is no question of taking back those workers even though 145 workers have been named in the SIT probe.
The company declared a lockout at the plant on July 21 and was lifted on August 21. During the lockout the overall production loss was pegged at around Rs 1,400 crore. Following the incident, MSI had also decided to terminate services of 500 permanent workers, who were allegedly found to be involved in violence inside the plant....
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08:28 AM, Oct 16, 2012
Mumbai: Shares of Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday settled about one per cent higher after the company resumed production at its Manesar plant amid heavy security, a month after a lockout was declared due to violence. The scrip closed 0.68 per cent up at Rs 1,185.10 on the BSE. Intra-day, the stock gained 1.55 per cent to Rs 1,195.3. At the NSE, the stock ended 0.96 per cent higher at...
06:38 PM, Aug 21, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNBC TV18's Shereen Bhan, Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargva said it would not be surprising to see the unions taking the matter to court. ...
05:08 PM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: Even as Maruti Suzuki reopened its plant at Manesar on Tuesday, certain trade unions staged a sit-in at the Jantar Mantar in protest against the sacking of 500 employees from the factory. The protest was led by Delhi Metro Kamgar Union, which is an independent trade union. However, Left-affiliated unions and Maruti workers' unions were conspicuous by their absence. ...
01:26 PM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki will resume production at its Manesar plant from August 21, sources say. They, however, add that trouble could spark off again with union workers protesting against the sacking of 500 regular workers for the July violence. The management also plans to put in place 100 armed security guards at the Manesar plant. On Thursday, the police arrested the main accused in the violence, Jiya Lal. The...
09:52 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Gurgaon: The Maruti Suzuki management on Sunday organised a candlelight march in Gurgaon to pay tribute to its senior executive Awanish Kumar Dev who was killed in the July 18 violence at the company's plant in Manesar. Nearly 300 company officials including senior executives SY Siddqi, Ratan Aggarwal, Capt Deepak Anand, Capt Naresh, Sanjay Narang, KK Sharma, CS Raju, Prasad Verma and Ashok Kumar along with others assembled in the...
10:19 AM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: The government will conduct a thorough investigation into Maruti's allegation that July 18 violence in its Manesar plant was the handiwork of "extreme left wing elements". A top Home Ministry official said the probe would look into all possible angles and find out whether there was any link of Maoists to the violence in which one senior executive was killed. Appearing in a panel discussion on a television...
08:56 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Gurgaon: The Haryana Police on Wednesday arrested 10 office bearers of Maruti Suzuki Workers' Union, including its president Ram Meher and general secretary Sarabjit Singh, in relation with the violence at the company's Manesar plant on July 18. "These 10 office bearers were arrested from Hansi in Hissar district this morning. They were planning to escape to Rajasthan from where they planned to go to Gujarat," Haryana Director General of...
07:08 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Manesar: The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Monday said it will take up the violence at Maruti's Manesar plant with the Prime Minister's Office and the Haryana government. The automobile industry is expected to write to the government against the violence at the plant and the risk to investments if the issue was not resolved. The SIAM Executive Committee is slated to meet on July 25 to discuss...
12:39 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Manesar: Representatives of nearly 200 villages gathered at Manesar on Monday for a mahapanchayat in support of Maruti. The village elders condemned the Manesar factory workers for the violence that took place last week in which one general manager was burnt to death. The villagers also called for a peaceful resolution to the stand-off between the company and its workers. The villages depend heavily on Maruti for their livelihood as...
11:29 AM, Jul 23, 2012
Maruti Suzuki has declared a lock out at its violence hit Manesar plant, Chairman RC Bhargava said on Saturday. ...
09:34 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: Violence-hit Maruti Suzuki on Saturday declared an indefinite lockout at its Manesar plant but firmly ruled out the possibility of shifting operations to Gujarat. "There is no possibility of removing the plant from Manesar. Such reports are absolutely fictitious," said Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Chairman RC Bhargava said at a press conference in New Delhi. The company said it was completely overtaken by the 'Tsunami-like' violence that it...
09:01 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Manesar: A labour unrest is bleeding India's biggest carmaker, Maruti. The company's most important plant in Manesar is facing a shutdown after workers set the factory ablaze and left a general manager dead. The company has even suggested that they might move the operations out of Haryana. Three days since the violent clashes, Maruti's Manesar plant still bears a deserted look. There are no employees at the plant, just a...
08:53 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Haryana Industries Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Friday strict action would be taken against the agitating workers of the Manesar plant. ...
02:59 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Over 1,000 policemen have now been deployed at the factory and work has been suspended indefinitely. ...
11:50 PM, Jul 19, 2012
The situation remains tense at Maruti's Manesar plant after a tussle took place between workers and the management on Wednesday. ...
10:03 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: The victim of the clashes at Maruti's manesar plant has been identified as the General Manager (HR), Avnish Kumar Dev. Dev was killed in a fire and 85 others were injured in a scuffle at Maruti's Manesar plant on Wednesday. As the unrest continued on Thursday, the police arrested nearly 100 workers. Over 1,000 policemen have now been deployed at the factory and work has been suspended indefinitely....
03:21 PM, Jul 19, 2012
As the unrest at Maruti's Manesar plant continues, 88 workers have been arrested on Thursday and more arrests are likely to follow. The Workers Union has slammed the management. In a statement, the Workers' union said, "The Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (MSWU) is anguished at the recent developments in Maruti Suzuki plant, IMT Manesar where the management has resorted to anti-worker and anti-Union activities in a pre-planned manner leading to...
11:35 AM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: As the Maruti workers and management blamed each other for the unrest at the Manesar plant, almost 100 workers were arrested on Thursday. Over 1,000 policemen have now been deployed at the factory and work has been suspended indefinitely. One person died of burn injuries and sources say 85 others were injured in a scuffle at Maruti's Manesar plant on Wednesday. A case has also been registered against...
11:14 AM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: More than 80 workers have been arrested after clashes at Maruti's Manesar plant. One person died of burn injuries and sources say 85 others were injured in a scuffle at Maruti's Manesar plant on Wednesday. A case has also been registered against 50 workers for attempt to murder and damage to property as the management and workers blamed each other. The workers allegedly set property on fire and...
10:05 AM, Jul 19, 2012
