Protest ends in Sindri after job, compensation offer

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The family members of all three deceased and labour unions laid siege to the Associate Cement Companies Limited (ACC) plant gate demanding compensation and job for the kin in the factory and filing murder case against the company management.

However, after talks the management agreed to give jobs for all three deceased persons’ kin and compensation as per rules and the protest ended, said Officer-in Charge of Sindri police station Arbind Kumar.

Each family member will get Rs 10 to 11 lakh as compensation and they will also get jobs, while contractor of TECHNO would pay Rs 50,000 to victims’ families and Rs 25,000 each for their cremation, added the Officer-incharge.

Three contractual labourers of an outsourcing company were killed and a safety officer was critically injured in a mishap at a cement factory at Sindri, police said on Friday.

Kumar said that the incident happened on Thursday evening when the three contractual labourers Gopal Singh(45), Ajit Gorai(24) and Nirmal  Mandal were killed in a mishap at a cement factory at Sindri. 

As per reports one seriously injured safety officer, K Kaushik, of the outsourcing company, is under treatment at another private hospital, the police officer said.

Factory Inspector, Rahul Kumar said that the cement factory management informed him about the incident and "spot verification will be done Friday. Action will be initiated on the basis of spot inspection report.

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