31 MARUTI EMPLOYEES CONVICTED FOR 2012 MANESAR VIOLENCE
A court on Friday convicted 31 employees of Maruti Suzuki India, including 13 on charges of murder and attempt to murder besides rioting and other related offences, for the violence at the firm’s Manesar plant in August 2012. The other 18 were convicted on charges of rioting, trespassing, causing hurt and other related offences under the Indian Penal Code sections. Additional District and Sessions Judge R K Goyal also acquitted 117 employees. A total of 148 workers were arrested and charged with the murder of senior human resource officer Awanish Kumar Dev. The quantum of punishment will be decided on March 18.
Acourt here on Friday convicted 31 employees of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), including 13 on charges of murder, for violence at the company’s Manesar plant in August 2012.
Additional District and Sessions Judge R K Goyal also acquitted 117 MSIL employees. A total of 148 workers were arrested and charged with the murder of senior human resource (HR) officer Awanish Kumar Dev. The court sentenced 13 employees, holding top posts in MSIL workers’ union, on charges of murder and attempt to murder besides rioting and other related offences.
The other 18 were convicted on charges of rioting, trespassing, causing injury and other related offences under Indian Penal Code sections.
The quantum of punishment will be decided on March 18 during the next hearing, defence counsel Rajendra Pathak told PTI. After the judgment was delivered, Pathak said he will challenge the decision in a higher court.
The violence on August 18, 2012 broke out over wage issues when a group of employees allegedly torched a section of MSIL facility which claimed the life of the HR officer. A total of 148 workers were arrested and charged for the murder.
More than 100 other employees, including some foreign nationals, suffered injuries.
The district administration imposed CrPC section 144 near the Civil Court and Industrial Model Township in Manesar, prohibiting gathering of more than five people.