Hundreds of tea plantation workers have set alight their boss's bungalow in north-east India, burning to death the owner and his wife, officials say.

Angry workers surrounded the bungalow at Kunapathar in Assam state late on Wednesday, following a two-week long dispute with the management.

Police said the incident happened after the management asked some workers to leave their accommodation.

More than half of India's tea output comes from 800 tea estates in Assam.

Local official SS Meenakshi Sundaram said some 700 tea garden workers surrounded the manager's bungalow on Wednesday evening and set it on fire. Two vehicles belonging to the manager were also torched.

The charred bodies of Mridul Kumar Bhattacharyya and his wife, Rita, were later recovered from the debris, Mr Sundaram said.

Police have detained three workers in connection with the incident.

Officials said Mr Bhattacharyya and his workers had been locked in a dispute for the past two weeks.

They said Mr Bhattacharyya had also faced protests at another tea estate that he owned two years ago.

In that dispute, angry workers set fire to his tea factory near the state capital, Guwahati, after he had allegedly fired on a crowd that had gathered near his house to protest against a reported attack on a local woman.

Several incidents of attacks on tea executives by angry workers have been reported from Assam in recent years.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20849295

RIP. Let justice be done1

JUSTICE IS DONE........GOOD MESSAGE TO OTHERS

As dem roast am finish, dem for take am arrange human vindaloo and masala as well as human tikka

this is serious

How i wish its in nigeria so dat it wil sent a strong message 2 dos greed fowls controlling our economy

Nigerian leaders shld act very fast before unemployment cause similar thing.

Hmm!! So the man and his wife wont see 2013!! O ma se

Good/bad?I think they dnt have any choice,any leader in naija really wanna tackle us,let us tackle him,by burning, ,i think dis wil reduce our money choppers.

these workers are really angry!

Damn,taking laws into ur own hands isn't justice,RIP

We indeed live in dangerous times. Human lives do not mean a thing to anyone again...smh

if na naija, dem go dey call govt. Say no work. These pple na workers so. R I P anyway.

*solid*:
Nigerian leaders shld act very fast before unemployment cause similar thing.

There are so many employers that maltreat their employees thinking nothing can happen to them....This is just a lesson learnt...

Am not rejoicing over it but some employers should know how to treat their staff.. Imagine some people here in naija even got thier salaries deducted for no reason all becos the boss wants to make heavy money from their staffs...

If you sow wickedness you will reap wickedness...EMPLOYERS BE NICE TO YOUR STAFFS OR ONE DAY YOU WILL FACE THEIR ANGER...

these managers no dey hear word, let them treat their workers well . money is not the most important thing. appreciate and respect your workers and see how you will move mountains.

LOL! Vexation at its peak...
RIP!

Just imagine angry deltans burning uduaghans government house with him and his cabinent men inside ...
Awesome

shocking...

deji yusuf: these workers are really angry!

yes they were really angry, they probably have been grievously provoked. all workers are not fools, infact common delay of salaries payment for one minute will make some workers start to remove dagger

Eazee-e:
How i wish its in nigeria so dat it wil sent a strong message 2 dos greed fowls controlling our economy

wetin english do you ? why you murder am like this

*solid*:
Nigerian leaders shld act very fast before unemployment cause similar thing.

For where! Nigerians no get that kind liver. We are more or less toothless bulldogs, barking and ranting all the time.

In that dispute, angry workers set fire to his tea factory near the state capital, Guwahati, after he had allegedly fired on a crowd that had gathered near his house to protest against a reported attack on a local woman.

The employer sef na rugged man o!! Firing on a crowd? Na wao...

I wouldnt say i'm happy that they torched him but...








Anyway I made first page!!

I'm sure they were singing and dancing too!!! Funny indians

well well well . hope dem nasty bosses learn 4rm dis. withholding wages of labourers is one of the sins dat cry out to God. ntoh . buh killing dem :ochai. Dem for only beat d man blue-green-black.

Make I go pay my workers January,February and March salaries in advance
btf fed govt dey owe too(common language u hear from debtors in Nigeria)

Aggrippa: these managers no dey hear word, let them treat their workers well . money is not the most important thing. appreciate and respect your workers and see how you will move mountains.

100% truth

Born 2be Rich: There are so many employers that maltreat their employees thinking nothing can happen to them....This is just a lesson learnt...

Am not rejoicing over it but some employers should know how to treat their staff.. Imagine some people here in naija even got thier salaries deducted for no reason all becos the boss wants to make heavy money from their staffs...

If you sow wickedness you will reap wickedness...EMPLOYERS BE NICE TO YOUR STAFFS OR ONE DAY YOU WILL FACE THEIR ANGER...

an employee should do the same.

you ve no right to just aluu a fellow human being no matter their offence that is why we ve the law.but anyway power intoxicate some leader and they use it to do wicked to those lower class.so its also a lesson to other plantation owner or managers