One person died and many injured in a clash between the management of Allied Nippon Limited, a company manufacturing break shoes of vehicles, and its former and current employees.

The clash took when the employees of the company, located in Industrial area site IV Link Road, were protesting the management's decision of dismissing many workers. The employees were also demanding a shift change and threatened to go on strike.

Sources said six members of the management and six employees were injured in the stand-off and were admitted to a nearby hospital. Later, Joginder Choudhary, AGM Nippon, succumbed to his injuries.

"The workers alleged that some officials threatened them and opened fire at them. Infuriated, the workers beat up the officials. They pelted the factory with stones and damaged property," said the police.

"The management is insensitive towards our demands of reinstating sacked labourers. They are yet to give us Diwali bonus. We feel exploited. We were planning to begin a strike from November 16 but the management was forcing us not to go on the strike," said Ganesh Dutt Joshi, a labourer who was admitted at Yashoda Multispeciality Hospital, Kaushambi, with minor injuries.

Allied Nippon officials, meanwhile, have refused to comment on the allegations.

The police said the Labour Commission had asked both parties to sit together and sort out the issue on November 15 but none agreed.

Circle Officer Satish Chandra said an FIR has been lodged. "We received a complaint from management, whose members sustained major injuries. A probe is on."

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