A magisterial probe has begun into the violence by workers of a private factory in Yanam, an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh, that led to the lynching of a top official of the unit after a union leader allegedly died in police action.
The management of violence-hit Regency Ceramics, a tile manufacturing unit, has however demanded a CBI probe.
Sources in Puducherry said prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC were clamped in the area.
The frenzied workers of the Regency Ceramics went on the rampage on Friday after their leader M.S. Murali Mohan was allegedly killed in police action outside the factory and attacked the residence of president (operations) K.C. Chandrasekhar, resulting in fatal head injuries. Puducherry district collector S.B. Deepak Kumar said the situation in Yanam, which has a population of 42,000, following the industrial violence was well under control now. There was also extensive damages to the properties of the Ceramics factory, the company management said. “Such a violent development had never been seen in Yanam at any time in the past,” said Congress legislator Malladi Krishna Rao.