Two sugar mill workers had set themselves ablaze while protesting non-payment of wages. Two sugar mill workers had set themselves ablaze while protesting non-payment of wages. The wives of the two sugar mill workers from East Champaran, who set themselves ablaze while protesting non-payment of wages, have sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss a fair probe into the death of their husbands. The sugar mill workers have been on a dharna at Jantar Mantar since Thursday, trying to bring to light the injustice and harassment allegedly meted out to them by the local administrations, politicians and the mill owner. “The company owes 600 workers around Rs 75 crore since 2002.

Source: Indian Express June 03, 2017 21:22 UTC