All 3000 workers will be charged with murder following the deadly attack on a manager at the plant. Photo / AP
Maruti Suzuki India, the country's largest carmaker, locked out workers at a factory near New Delhi and ruled out restarting production until a probe is completed into rioting that led to the death of a manager.
The automaker, majority-owned by Suzuki, won't import cars to make up for the loss
of production at its Manesar factory, which accounts for about 40 per cent of its total capacity, chairman R.C. Bhargava said.
He didn't say how long the investigation would take or when workers would return to the plant. The latest production stoppage is the fourth in the past year at the Manesar factory.
Police said that all 3000 union workers at the plant will be charged with murder and attempted murder for the mob attack that caused the death of Awanish Kumar Dev, a human resources general manager, and injured 70 others.
Maruti has no plans to relocate the plant out of Manesar in northern Haryana state, Bhargava said.
