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1st LD Writethru: Indian court grants bail to workers involved in 2012 auto plant violence

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

A court in the city of Gurgaon, Haryana state in northern India Tuesday granted bail to 76 out of 147 workers involved in a deadly strike at a Maruti-Suzuki auto plant in July 2012, said local TV channel NDTV.

This came after the Indian Supreme Court last month granted bail to two of the jailed Maruti-Suzuki workers in connection with the 2012 violence in the car manufacturer's Manesar plant in Haryana, in which a senior executive was burnt alive.

Maruti Suzuki shut down the plant in the wake of the violence. Endi