JBF contract worker attempts suicide due to non-payment of salary

Team Udayavani, Nov 24, 2018, 5:58 PM IST

Baikampady: A contract worker of the JBF Petrochemicals Company located at SEZ area climbed the chimney tower of the plant and threatened to commit suicide because of non-payment of salary since a few months, on Saturday on November 24.  

Reportedly, Sanjay Yadav (35), who hails from Bihar, is a contact worker at JBF Company. Sanjay had not received his salary since four months due to which he was mentally stressed.

It is understood that Sanjay Yadav was desperately in need of money for his sister’s wedding and was compelled to take this step.

According to sources, the company has not been paying its employees as well as contract workers since a year and that the repeated pleas of the employees had fallen on deaf ears.