Manesar unrest: Mahapanchayat demands CBI probe

Manesar: Representatives of around 100 villages, who gathered at Dhana village for a Mahapanchayat, today demanded a CBI inquiry into the violence at Maruti Suzuki’s plant last week in which one senior company official was killed and 100 injured.

“We don’t have faith in the special investigation team. We demand a CBI inquiry to probe the incident,” said former Gurgaon Zila Parishad Chairman Rao Abhay Yadav, who presided the Mahapanchayat.

“We demand that the culprits, who committed the crime must be brought to book and all the workers who were involved in it must be sacked,” Yadav added.

As part of a six point agenda passed in the meeting, it was resolved to form a committee of the villages to look into the incident.

Last week, Haryana government had announced a special investigation team (SIT), headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravinder Tomar, to probe the incident.

Today’s Mahapanchayat, in which representatives of around 100 villages, including Aliyar, Dhana, Manesar, Kasan, Basskusla, Kankrola, Bangrola, Kho, Pukharpur, Naharpur, Mohammedpur, Farukh Nagar, Nawada and Wazirabad were present, expressed their support to Maruti and condemned the incident.

It was also attended by district BJP leaders Kamal Yadav and Mukesh Pahelwan, Congress member Ved Prakash Vidroi and Amina Sherwani, Gen Secy IMT Industrial Association Manesar.

PTI