'Fearful Manesar calls Maruti violence 'conspiracy'

A senior management official was killed in the violence that erupted Maruti's Manesar plant on Wednesday.

"The incident of fire and killing of a senior executive by workers is a part of a larger conspiracy to shift the plant from here. Gurgaon gives the maximum revenue to the state and some people might be envious of this and might be behind the incident," said a joint statement by Sarpanchs of Kho, Rampura, Shikopur, Manesar, Bas Fusla and Kakrola villages.

Demanding a high-level probe into the incident, the Sarpanchs said: "There have been a number of disputes between the management and workers in different industries in the region, but no such criminal act was committed ... in the history of Gurgaon."