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136 arrested for CEO’s murder

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CALM AFTER THE STORM: Police guard the premises of the Italian company Graziano in Greater Noida a day after the tragic death of Chief Executive Officer L. K. Chaudhary.

GREATER NOIDA: As many as 136 people have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on charges of murder and rioting here a day after the Chief Executive Officer of an Italy-based auto components manufacturing company was bludgeoned to death allegedly by a group of dismissed employees on Monday.

“Among them, 63 have been charged with murder for beating the CEO to death,” said Senior Superintendent of Police (Noida) R.K. Chaturvedi on Tuesday.

“More people could be booked for murder based on their identification by the injured employees of the company. Five named in the First Information Report are still absconding,” he added.

Lalit Kishore Chaudhury, CEO and Managing Director of Graziano Trasmissioni India Pvt. Ltd. at Udyog Vihar in Greater Noida, was bludgeoned to death, allegedly by a group of employees who were dismissed a couple of months ago, during their meeting with the management.

The company reportedly dismissed about 200 employees after they vandalised its premises during an agitation two months ago demanding a raise in salary. The dismissed employees were demanding reinstatement and the management had invited them for talks on Monday.

Meanwhile, the last rites of Mr. Chaudhury were performed at Nigam Bodh Ghat in Delhi on Tuesday. He is survived by his wife, Ratna Chaudhury, a senior Physics lecturer at Delhi University’s Kirori Mal College, and a son, who is studying in Modern School on Barakhamba Road.

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