New Delhi, Sept 24 : Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said here today that the violence at the Greater Noida-based MNC -- Cerlikon–Graziano Transmissions India Pvt. Ltd. --was unfortunate and completely at variance from Indian culture and the tradition of peace.

In the statement, Nath said that in our society, labour unrest has abundant legal forms of expression as also the pursuance of grievances

“This terrible incident is very unfortunate and we strongly condemn it. The legal course will be followed and all culprits brought to book,” he added.

He said that this stray tragic occurrence would not be allowed to mar India’s position as an investment-friendly destination where our states compete with each other to be investor-friendly.

Sacked employees of the car-parts maker Graziano Transmissioni on Monday attacked Chief Executive Officer Lalit Kishore Chaudhary at the company’s office in Greater Noida, when discussions over a long-running labour dispute turned violent.

About 200 former employees were present inside the office premises when the incident occured.

The assailants were dismissed two months back for some reasons. They have been protesting against their dismissal since then. (ANI)