ThePimpri Chinchwadpolice appealed to the owners of the industrial units to come forward and file complaints if they face any kind of harassment at the hands of Mathadi worker unions or scrap dealers.
The Police have also decided to set up an industrial grievances cell for MIDC areas to address complaints regardingextortion, threats and harassment. A meeting was held on Tuesday by Pimpri Chinchwad police commissionerVinoy Kumar Choubeywith around 250 representatives from industrial units and officials from the labour commissioner office to deliberate on this issue.
In the past five months, the police have registered 12 cases of extortions where industrial units were targeted.