Noida, January 30: An employee of a private factory was shot at by unidentified men in Bisrakh area of Greater Noida, police said Friday.
According to police, Satish Kumar, an operator with an electrical manufacturing unit in Sector-59, was returning to home in Thursday evening when unidentified assailants fired at him.
Satish was also a leader of the employees’ union in the factory and reportedly had some tiff with the company management over a hike in employees’ salary. On Thursday, Satish was called to the factory to resolve the conflict and discuss the issue with senior management staff.
While returning from the factory on his bike, two unidentified men accosted him on a bike and shot at him near the Surajpur Police Lines at about 6 p.m.
Satish was taken to the Kailash Hospital in Greater Noida where doctors operated upon him and removed two bullets from his body, police said.
In his statement to the police, Satish said he had earlier been removed by the factory management when he asked for a raise in salary. He asserted that the attack was carried out at the behest of the company staff to eliminate him.
On Friday, CITU and other unions organised a rally in protest against the incident at the Labour Office.
Superintendent of Police (Greater Noida) Surendra Verma said, “We are searching for the assailants. The assailants are still at large.”
–IANS–