Jamshedpur, March 15: Tata Workers’ Union on Tuesday observed ‘Martyrs Day’ in memory of five employees who lost their lives on March 15, 1920. Members of the executive committee paid homage to the martyrs who were gunned down by mounted police on March 15, 1920.

According to reports, mounted police fired indiscriminately on protesting workers of TISCO (later Tata Steel) in which five of them Liladhar Chaubey, Raghunath Bhuinya, Damru Lohar, Seva Singh and Kalun Mata were martyred.

Tata Workers Union General Secretary Satish Kumar Singh, Deputy President Shailesh Kumar Singh, Vice Presidents Shahnawaz Alam, Shatrughna Kumar Roy, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Asst. Secretary Saroj Kumar Singh, Treasurer & Accountant Hari Shankar Singh along with executive committee members and union staff were present and paid floral tributes to the portrait of martyrs.