Police may act against gun-toting HR manager

Identifying the accused as Raj Kumar,SSP (Ghaziabad) Raghubir Lal said that though eight persons have already been arrested in connection with the case,no action has been taken against the management so far.

The incident took place on November 13,when a squabble broke out between workers and the management of the firm. During the course of the argument,Kumar allegedly fired his licensed pistol to disperse the disgruntled employees. “But the action only infuriated the workers,who went into a rampage and ended up lynching the management official,” a senior police officer said,adding that the workers were protesting the dismissal of a few co-employees.

On their part,the management continues to maintain that no worker was fired at. According to a statement given by firm Vice-President Mahender Chaudhry to the police,the workers’ attack was completely unprovoked.

Raghubir Lal,however,remains unconvinced by Chaudhry’s argument. He has pointed out that bringing firearms to office — let alone opening fire — is in violation of the Factory Act,according to the Uttar Pradesh state law.

As many as 28 persons were named in the FIR registered by the Ghaziabad police,of which eight were arrested last Sunday.