Dismissed employees beat CEO to death in Greater Noida
22 Sep 2008
The chief executive of a company in Greater Noida, just outside Delhi, was on Monday beaten to death by a group of dismissed employees inside the office premises after a meeting called to resolve dispute between them and the management failed.
L K Chaudhury, the CEO and managing director of Italian electronics company Gradiano, in Udyog Vihar, Greater Noida, was beaten to death by the agitating workers, senior superintendent of police (Noida) R K Chaturvedi said.
Chaudhury was rushed to Kailash hospital where he was declared brought dead. About 34 people, all from the company's management, were injured in the clash, he said.
There were about 200 former employees inside the premises when the incident took place. They were dismissed two months ago for some reasons and were since then protesting against it.
There were about 25 guards at the company but they were unable to control the rioting workers.
Gradiano, a large Italian multinational employs nearly 600 employees in its Delhi facility.