Update:
Outrage as minister says attack 'serves as warning'
Corporate India is in shock after a mob of workers bludgeoned to death the
chief executive who sacked them from a factory in a suburb of Delhi.
Lalit Kishore Choudhary, 47, the head of the Indian operations of Graziano
Transmissioni, a manufacturer of car parts that has its headquarters in
Italy, died of severe head wounds on Monday after being attacked by scores
of laid-off employees, police said. The incident, in Greater Noida, followed
a long-running dispute between the factory’s management and workers
demanding better pay and permanent contracts.
It is understood that Mr Choudhary, who was married with one son, had called a
meeting with more than a hundred former employees who had been dismissed
after an earlier outbreak of violence at the plant. He wanted to discuss a
possible reinstatement deal.
A police spokesman said: “Only a few people were called inside. About 150
people were waiting outside when they heard someone from inside shout for
help. They rushed in and the two sides clashed. The company staff were
heavily outnumbered.”
Other executives said that they were lucky to escape with their lives. “I
locked my door from inside and prayed they would not break in. See, my hands
are trembling even three hours later,” one Italian consultant told
reporters.
More than 60 people were arrested and more than 20 were in hospital yesterday.
A spokesman for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
said: “Such a heinous act is bound to sully India’s image among overseas
investors.”
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CEO murdered by mob of sacked Indian workers
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As the CEO of Ntirety, I have looked at the possibility of using offshore talent. I have been approached quite a few times by companies who are willing to private label Database Administrators for me, that are located in other locations of the world. The lure of cheap talent is an easy trap that many of my competitors fall into.
The reason I chose to share this article. It drives home a message…
Looks can be deceiving! ! !
I don’t pretend to understand how stable a country India is. What I do know is that if you offshore to another country make sure you understand the true risks. It bothers me that I am competitors who use offshore talent that are not their employees and don’t disclose it. How can they control quality if it's not their employee. Will the countries laws protect you, if one of these remote DBA’s steals your company’s information? Is the country really stable? Looks can be deceiving!
I bet this company is really sorry they chose to offshore in India.