Dooars : A tea estate owner was beaten to death by angry workers inside the garden in Malbazar sub-division area in the Dooars today.
This is the first incident in Bengal. There is no such record that a tea estate owner has been killed by workers.
The deceased has been identified as Rajesh Jhunjhunwala, the police said. Trouble broke out around 4 p.m. today when workers were demanding dues including wages for the month of November.
According to eyewitnesses account and the police, the owner of the Sonali Tea Estate was involved in quarrel and scuffle with the workers over the issue of non-payment of wages.
After that angry workers, who were assembled there to receive wages, attacked on the owner. Jhunjhunwala died on the spot, the police said.
Sources said, nearly 350 permanent workers were engaged in the estate. There are two trade unions including Citu were operating. Though the Trinamul backed Terai-Dooars Plantation Workers’ Union was strong there, the management used to manage the workers directly, trade union leaders claimed.
The Malbazar SDPO Mr N Bhutia said the police finally have been able to manage the situation under control and recovered his body from their clutch. After the incident workers were still demanding wages when the police rushed to the spot.
The Jalpaiguri SP Mr Kunal Agarwal, rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.
The tea estate owner was the member of the Terai Indian Planters Association but he did not keep in touch with planters’ body since many days.
The TIPA secretary Mr UB Das confirmed the death of owner of the tea estate and informed his higher authorities about the incident.
The spokesperson of Joint Forum, a conglomeration of 23 trade unions associated with tea plantation, Mr Ziaul Alam said: “It is an extremely unfortunate incident. There is no record of such incident in Bengal that workers kill a tea estate owner when thousands of workers significantly have been peacefully agitating and demanding their legitimate claims recently.”
Source: SNS
This is the first incident in Bengal. There is no such record that a tea estate owner has been killed by workers.
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| Sonali Tea Garden Owner beaten to death Over Non-Payment of Wages |
According to eyewitnesses account and the police, the owner of the Sonali Tea Estate was involved in quarrel and scuffle with the workers over the issue of non-payment of wages.
After that angry workers, who were assembled there to receive wages, attacked on the owner. Jhunjhunwala died on the spot, the police said.
Sources said, nearly 350 permanent workers were engaged in the estate. There are two trade unions including Citu were operating. Though the Trinamul backed Terai-Dooars Plantation Workers’ Union was strong there, the management used to manage the workers directly, trade union leaders claimed.
The Malbazar SDPO Mr N Bhutia said the police finally have been able to manage the situation under control and recovered his body from their clutch. After the incident workers were still demanding wages when the police rushed to the spot.
The Jalpaiguri SP Mr Kunal Agarwal, rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.
The tea estate owner was the member of the Terai Indian Planters Association but he did not keep in touch with planters’ body since many days.
The TIPA secretary Mr UB Das confirmed the death of owner of the tea estate and informed his higher authorities about the incident.
The spokesperson of Joint Forum, a conglomeration of 23 trade unions associated with tea plantation, Mr Ziaul Alam said: “It is an extremely unfortunate incident. There is no record of such incident in Bengal that workers kill a tea estate owner when thousands of workers significantly have been peacefully agitating and demanding their legitimate claims recently.”
Source: SNS
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