An FIR has been registered against 7000 unknown people and that includes the 5000 contract workers. This is in connection with violence and vandalism at the Wistron Pvt Ltd facility where iPhones are manufactured. This happened at the Kolar plant, said police, as per a report in ANI.?
The FIR says that the company suffered a loss in excess of Rs 437.7 crore due to the violence on December 12.?
The property, office materials, vehicles etc have all suffered damages according to the FIR registered at Vemagal police station, Kolar.?
Earlier on December 12, Karnataka CM CN Ashwath Narayan slammed what took place. Hundreds of workers were seen entering the plant and damaging the place.?
The employees were angry over their non-payment of their salaries - a matter that has reportedly lingered on for months. The employees turned violent and started raising slogans against the management.?
They also pelted stones at the office, broke glasses and other office equipment, and set fire to a company name board and two vehicles.?
Superintendent of police, Karthik Reddy, said that 156 arrests have been made in connection with the violence. They have been booked for unlawful assembly, rioting with deadly weapons, voluntarily causing hurt, trespass, dacoity and other offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).