Additional Director General of Police Sanjay Pillai Wednesday started investigation in the arson case occurred at the plant site of JK lakshmi Cement at Malpuri Khurd in the first week of this month. Recording of statements of people regarding the incident started at Nandini located Guest House from 11.30 in the morning.
To present their views and evidences related to the incident corporators, ward members and other people of Malpuri Khurd, Dhikuria, Pitora and Nandini had gathered near the Guest House.
leader of ‘Karkhana Sangharsh Samiti’ Ravi Shankar Singh recoded his statement before the ADGP and told him that the arson was an unfortunate event as also it acted as deterrent to industrialisation in the area.
He told Pillai that villagers of Malpuri Khurd were running a movement against the factory management demanding regular employment whereas factory management continuously told them that presently the factory was under construction and giving them employment could be possible once it starts the production but the villagers continued their agitation and lack of any solution led to the unfortunate incident of arson, he added.
People who also recorded their statements are Rajkumar Gupta of Swabhiman Manch, Riti Deshlahre, Raza Ahmad, Bhailal Daheriya from Dhikuria, Ashwini Bandhe from Pitora, corporator Rajesh Khare, Madleti among others.