NEW DELHI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- A local court in India sentenced 13 people to life and four others to a five-year jail term Saturday for resorting to violence and causing death of a senior manager at a factory of Japanese car manufacturer in 2012, officials said.
"Today Gurugram District Court pronounced the quantum of punishment in the case of violence and death at plant of Maruti Suzuki in 2012. The court granted life sentence to 13 former employees found guilty of murder of a senior company officer," a court official said.
"Four ex-workers convicted of various offences like violence, rioting and attempt to murder, have been sentenced to five-year jail term. Fourteen other convicts have been fined as they had already served a jail term of four and half years."
Last week the court convicted 31 persons in the case and acquitted 117 others.
The violence believed to have broken over disagreement in wages and contracts in the factory at Haryana on the outskirts of New Delhi.
Over 80 people, including two foreigners, were injured in the violence. The violence halted production at factory for a month.
Police had arrested 148 workers and charged them with the murder of Awanish Kumar Dev, human resource manager in the factory.
Workers' union accused Maruti of "anti-worker and anti-union activities."
The trial lasted for four years.
Ahead of Saturday's verdict, local authorities had imposed restrictions that prohibits assembly in public place. Police were deployed to enforce prohibitory orders in anticipation of workers' protest.
Maruti Suzuki is an automobile manufacturer in India. It is a subsidiary of Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer Suzuki Motor Corporation. It is the largest car manufacturer and holds 50-percent share in India's car market.
