Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday
ruled out petty politics for violence and
labour unrest in Manesar and said that the government would deal sternly with the accused.
Assuring that people would not be allowed to take law into their own hands and that the government would vitiate the peaceful social and industrial environment, Hooda said that the establishment would ensure normalcy at the Manesar plant of the country's car making giant, Maruti Suzuki.
The chief minister was also confident that
India's largest car manufacturer would not shut shop in Haryana and move its manufacturing facility to any other state in the wake of the violence and unrest.
There were similar rumours of the car manufacturer shifting base after a 15-day strike -- the third last year at Maruti's Manesar plant in Haryana. The automobile major had reported a decline of 59.81 per cent in its net profit for the quarter ended September 30, last year. But, later, Maruti had set up a research and development (R&D) facility in Haryana. The chief minister had laid the foundation stone of the center in April this year.
A large-scale arson at Maruti's manufacturing unit on Wednesday had claimed the life of Awanish Kumar Dev, the company's general manager of human resources. He was burnt beyond recognition.
Kumar's body was eventually identified by his family. The company alleged that the violence was an orchestrated act of mob.
Meanwhile, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Haryana's minister of commerce, said that the violence at the Manesar plant could be pre-meditated. The government has already formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the incident.
Haryana DGP Karan Singh Dalal added that the SIT, headed by assistant commissioner of police Ravinder Tomar, had already started the probe.
Sources in the police department said that the SIT is primarily focussing on the CCTV camera footage. "The mobbing workers had damaged some cameras but the police managed to get recording from the other cameras," the sources said.
The SIT has been identifying the accused on the basis of the footage. "There was a scuffle. Then almost 3,000 persons gathered to kill an officer. How come they communicated so fast?" asked the source.
The matter is serious and sensitive, but the truth would definitely prevail, he added.
Courtesy: Mail Today
Damaged cars at the Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar on Thursday, July 19, 2012. The auto major has shut the factory after rioting killed one person and injured many. <em>Photo: AP</em> 
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