India’s leading automaker, Maruti Suzuki is planning to resume production at its plant in Manesar in Haryana gradually in phases.

Chairman RC Bhargava indicated that the company will announce a date for resumption of production at the plant next week. The company had earlier said that it will not wait for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to complete their investigation into the violent rioting at the plant.

A riot by workers that left Awanish Kumar Dev, General Manager HR dead in a fire accident and resulted in 90 employees being jailed, is likely to affect the company’s operations and disrupt supplies of models.

The workers at the factory resorted t rioting after disciplinary incident with a single employee. Several people were reportedly injured, including the company’s Japanese officials and a part of the assembly line was burnt.

The police have said that they are looking to detail the whole of 3,000 strong workforce of the company’s Manesar factory in Haryana in the incident. The state government of Haryana has ordered a special investigation team (SIT) led by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ravinder Tomar into the matter.

The company is now facing a lengthy shutdown that could cost $15 million a day and result in disruption of supplies for its models including Swift. The company had started assessing damage a week after the rioting.