Apple Supplier Puts Bengaluru Plant Damage At Up To $7 Million

Tuesday, 15 December 2020Newsdesk

The ransacking of an iPhone manufacturing facility in India caused up to T$200 million ($7.12 million) in damage though production facilities were not as badly hit as reported, its Taiwan-based operator Wistron Corp said on Tuesday.

New Delhi, 15 December 2020

As per news report of NDTV, thousands of contract workers gathered on the grounds of the Wistron site on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Saturday demanding unpaid wages and better working hours. As police arrived, the crowd turned violent and video from the scene showed people armed with rods and sticks smashing equipment and vandalising cars. In a police report seen by Reuters, Wistron estimated damages worth $60 million.

Source -NDTV