Sukhmeet Bhasin
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, November 3
Tension prevailed on Wednesday at Guru Gobind Singh Refinery located at Rama Mandi in the district after a labourer died on work and another got injured. The deceased labourer has been identified as Abhishek (22), a resident of Sirsa in Haryana.
As per information, the labourer died during work of upcoming new petro chemical project inside the refinery. Angry over the incident, migrant labourers who were around 2,000 in numbers torched six vehicles, including three police vehicles.
The protesters outnumbered police and security staff.
The labourers also had a spat with the refinery security personnel as five workers had also suffered minor injuries in the incident.
The protesters alleged the company officials had provided full safety to workers, due to which this accident happened and they also demanded compensation for the deceased and injured.
Bathinda SSP Ajay Maluja along with heavy police force reached the refinery on receipt of information. Police brought the situation under control and conducted a flag march in and around refinery.
SSP Ajay Maluja said, “Two workers Abhishek and Jaskaran Singh, who work under private NCC Company, fell down from the height accidentally during the work. In this incident, Abhishek died on the spot, while Jaskaran was injured. On this information, a mob of around 2,000 migrant labourers burnt six vehicles, including of two of police, but now situation is under control.”
The SSP added, “We are registering an FIR against mob, which damaged the property and burnt the vehicles. We will identify them by checking CCTV footage in refinery.”
A Guru Gobind Singh Refinery official said, “A labourer today died in accident during work inside the refinery. Migrant labourers staged protest, but police brought the situation under control.”
Angry over worker’s death, labourers torch six vehicles in Bathinda refinery
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