Honda Civics

From today's edition of The Hindu:


"Gurgaon: Agitating workers of Honda Motorcycles and Scooters, joined by their families, clashed with police here for the second day today even as the State Government ordered a judicial inquiry into yesterday's incidents amidst outrage expressed in Parliament and elsewhere."

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"Pitched battles were fought between the protesters and police, who fired rubber bullets, lobbed teargas shells and used batons to disperse the violent crowd that indulged in stone pelting and arson near the Government Hospital where injured workers are admitted.

The protesters, alleging that hundreds of their colleagues had gone "missing" from Government Hospitals and others were not being given proper treatment, attempted to manhandle Deputy Commissioner Sudhir Rajpal, shattered windshields of police vehicles and pelted stones."

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"Widespread violence, which left scores injured, was witnessed yesterday after thousands of workers took out a march to protest against dismissal and suspension of some of their colleagues about a month back.

While 550 people were admitted in the Civil hospital last evening, hospital authorities this morning claimed that there were only 29 patients, unconfirmed reports said.

The situation reached a flashpoint when one Veerwati, claiming that her brother Khushiram, had gone missing from the hospital approached senior police officials and was allegedly manhandled by police personnel.

Angered by this, workers gathered at the hospital and indulged in brickbatting."

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