UP: Worker sets arm on fire outside NTPC in Greater Noida, alleges not paid for 6 months

A 32-year-old contractual worker at the state-run NTPC in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida on Thursday set his arm on fire, alleging he was not paid his salary due for six months, including the lockdown period, police said.

Officials from the HR department of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) alerted the police around 12 pm about the worker setting his hand on fire after pouring some oil on it outside the gate number 2 of its campus, officials said.

The worker, who was hired by a third party contractor, has been identified as Rajesh. He hails from Solana village in adjoining Hapur district, they said.