CEO murdered in India in labor conflict

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Lalit Kishore Choudhary, 47, the head of the Indian operations of Graziano Transmissioni, an Italian-headquartered manufacturer of car parts, died of severe head wounds on Monday afternoon after being attacked by scores of laid-off employees, police said.

The incident, in Greater Noida, just outside the Indian capital, followed a long-running dispute between the factory's management and workers who had demanded better pay and permanent contracts.

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Mr Choudhary ... had called a meeting with more than 100 former employees - who had been dismissed following an earlier outbreak of violence at the plant - 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 they were lucky to escape with their lives.

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In a statement issued from Rivoli in Italy, Graziano said that some of Mr Choudhary's attackers had no connection to the company. It added that the chief executive was killed by "serious head injuries caused by the intruders."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle4810644.ece

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I would have guessed South America. They kill soccer players so why not CEOs?

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Beating up on businessmen, school principals, politicians, bureaucrats, etc., is pretty common in India. This is only news in the English-language media because the victim is CEO of a Western company and because this resulted in actual death.

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Beating up on businessmen, school principals, politicians, bureaucrats, etc., is pretty common in India. This is only news in the English-language media because the victim is CEO of a Western company and because this resulted in actual death.

I agree!