H K Maheswari, CEO of North Brook Jute Mill was beaten to death by agitated workers of the factory when he rejected their demand for an increase in the weekly working hours. The incident took place at Bhadreswar in Hooghly district of West Bengal. Condemning the incident, West Bengal Chief Minister Miss Mamata Banerjee said, “We will never allow such things to happen. Strong action will be taken and the culprits will be punished. Don’t take our courtesy as our weakness. Law will take its own course and nobody will be spared."
Workers met Maheswari at 11am in his chamber and demanded that the weekly working hours be increased to 40 from the present 25, besides submitting a list of other demands. The refusal of the CEO to meet the workers' demands led to an altercation and the workers assaulted Maheswari and he died later in a private nursing home where he was taken for treatment and succumbed to his injuries.
