Who is datta samant

This is among the 10 cases registered by the probe agency pertaining to alleged involvement of Rajan in cases of extortion, murder and threats among others over a year period since , they said. Samant, a trade union leader, was shot dead on January 16, , when he was travelling in his Jeep towards his office in Pant Nagar. One of the alleged shooters, Vijaykumar Chaudhary, was killed in an encounter with Mumbai police in in Kolhapur.

Other cases registered by the CBI pertain to extortion, Bhandup rioting and murder in , and firing and murder bid on an Andheri resident in Facebook Twitter Linkedin EMail. Start a Conversation. Share Via. Hindustan Times By G. Mohiuddin Jeddy , Navi Mumbai. Samant had led the textile mill strike in the early s. Police have found a revolver and four live cartridges on him. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter. Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin.

Sign Up. The older Samant came into the trade union movement long before his brother, and shot to prominence in the s when railway workers were unhappy with government policies. Dada Samant played a pivotal role in unionising the workers in what was then Bombay, and later worked as a technical officer at the Jiyajeerao Cotton Mills in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

He returned to Bombay in Despite being a leader in his own right, the heavy shadow of his firebrand younger brother hung over Dada Samant. Datta Samant had broken every rule in the trade union movement when taking on the proprietors and managements of various companies, said some of those who were part of the trade movements over the years. Dada was not as aggressive as his brother.

Liberalisation and the advent of the contract system of employment was in a way responsible for the unions losing their glamour, said Prakash Bal Joshi, well-known writer and artist who has studied the labour movement closely.

During his many interactions with Dada Samant, Joshi felt a lack of assertiveness in the leader. Though supportive of the movement, Dada was not outspoken. Dada Samant led a delegation of the Maharashtra Girni Kamgar Union, and staged a demonstration outside the Bharatmata Theatre in Lalbaug, where the film was being screened.

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