By NNN-PTI,
Dubai : Around 3000 Indian workers have been detained at an undisclosed place near the UAE capital Abu Dhabi for their alleged involvement in violent protests against the poor quality of food being served to them at a labour camp, official sources said.
Working with a ceramic manufacturing unit in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, the workers were protesting on Friday night against the poor quality of food being given to them at their camp.
They were rounded up by security forces after some of them allegedly went on a rampage, the sources said.
The labourers, believed to be the natives of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Punjab, were questioned and their finger prints reportedly taken by the authorities.
Although all 3000 have been detained, the authorities are investigating who were the actual perpetrators of the violent action and will let off those who did not take part in the alleged criminal act.
The workers allegedly ransacked the canteen and thrashed the camp-in-charge. Then they torched a few vehicles standing outside the camp, police claimed.
There have been some violent protests by Indian workers over working conditions in the UAE resulting in action by the riot squads, but this was perhaps for the first time the army personnel were called to deal with the situation.