Saturday 24 March 2012

25 labourers in Gurgaon sent to jail on arson charges

Gurgaon (Haryana), March 24 (IANS) Twenty-five labourers in Gurgaon were Saturday sent to police custody for indulging in vandalism and arson at a construction site in the city Friday, police said.
Police also filed a criminal case against the contractors for not providing proper safety equipment to workers.
'We have filed a criminal case against the officials of Larsen and Toubro (L&T) and Alufit for forcing labourers to work without providing safety equipment. We have also sent 25 workers to jail for the vandalism and arson that they indulged in Friday,' a police official told IANS.
Angered over the death of a co-worker Babul Hasan (25) from Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh), labourers at a construction site of L&T and Alufit had pelted stones at private vehicles and torched a police gypsy Friday.

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