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Employees carried out arson, loot at Wistron's Kolar plant on Dec 12.
They ransacked building, damaged vehicles, carried out loot during the violence.
BENGALURU: Thousands of iPhone were either looted or damaged and infrastructure worth crores were damaged during Saturday's (December 12) vandalism at Wistron's Kolar plant in Karnataka carried by its employees and staff members.
Wistron Corporation, a contract manufacturer for Apple Inc, said it suffered losses worth over Rs 437 crore due to violence perpetrated by a section of workers over salary issues at its manufacturing plant in Karnataka. A large number of employees allegedly carried out arson, loot and violence at Wistron's Narasapura manufacturing plant in Kolar district over some wage-related issues on Saturday, police said.