Apple Inc.’s supplier in India quadrupled workers in about eight months, ramping up production just as the world’s most valuable company began direct online sales in the South Asia nation. The only hitch: Wistron Corp.’s systems weren’t robust enough to handle the deluge. The number of workers at the Taiwanese company, the first Apple supplier to produce iPhones in India, surged to about 9,000 in November from some 2,000 just before the pandemic, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Wistron hired the contractual workers from six manpower companies, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter was private. A representative for Wistron declined to comment.
Riot-Hit Apple Supplier Hired More Than It Could Handle in India
Bloomberg 12/18/2020 Anto Antony and Shruti Srivastava
(Bloomberg) Apple Inc.’s supplier in India quadrupled workers in about eight months, ramping up production just as the world’s most valuable company began direct online sales in the South Asia nation. The only hitch: Wistron Corp.’s systems weren’t robust enough to handle the deluge.
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The number of workers at the Taiwanese company, the first Apple supplier to produce iPhones in India, surged to about 9,000 in November from some 2,000 just before the pandemic, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Wistron hired the contractual workers from six manpower companies, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter was private. A representative for Wistron declined to comment.
Ten held on murder charge
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The Channarayapatna police have arrested 10 people in connection with the murder of a history-sheeter at his farmhouse in Kamarahalli of Channarayapatna taluk.
Lingaraju, a history-sheeter, who was employed in real estate in Bengaluru, was murdered by a group on December 8. He was allegedly involved in four murders reported in Bengaluru.
R. Srinivasa Gowda, Hassan SP, had constituted a team under the leadership of B.B. Lakshme Gowda, Dy.SP. The team succeeded in identifying the involvement of 16 people in the murder. Among them, 10 have been arrested.
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They are Mohan, Nanjappa, Nagaraj, Naveen Kumar, Pradeep, Sunil Kumar, Parthiban, Kannan, Velu, and Suresh, all residents of Bengaluru.
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The mental stress he underwent following the two murders within a short span of time in his police station limits must have pushed Channarayapatna Police Sub-Inspector L.N. Kiran Kumar to end his life, concluded the investigation into his death.
Kiran Kumar, 35, was found dead in his uniform at his residence on July 31. Arsikere DySP Nagesh was appointed investigation officer into the case. He recently submitted his report to the Superintendent of Police, R. Srinivasa Gowda.
Two murders were reported in his police station limits in 24 hours before he was found dead. He had received 52 phone calls in his last hours. Among those who called him included his senior police officers, politicians, journalists, family members and the relatives of the dead.