The death of a workers' union leader sparked unprecedented violence in Union Territory enclave Yanam of East Godawari district a couple of days ago. Several leaders of the CPM, CPI, AP Rytu Coolie Sangham and a few other parties alleged that the post mortem report of Regency Ceramics workers' union leader Murali Mohan has been doctored. The leaders said this after attending Mohan's funeral at Panduvari Petta of T Kothapalle village in I Polavaram mandal in East Godavari district, 7 km from Yanam, on Sunday.

Speaking to the reporters, the leaders told that the authorities of Yanam were gearing up to produce a false post mortem report to mislead the media and workers of the factory. CPM Visakhapatnam district secretary Ch Narasinga Rao alleged that the post mortem report, prepared at the instance of the Yanam administration, cited cardiac arrest as the reason for Murali Mohan's death. He said the union leader was brutally killed in police firing and demanded a judicial inquiry into the death and payment of Rs 25 lakh compensation by the Puducherry government to the bereaved family members and Rs10 lakh each to the workers injured in the police firing and lathi-charge. The leaders also blamed the RCL management for the loss of lives and massive destruction of property.

A section of workers and some rowdy elements from East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday had killed the company's vice-chairman, Chandra Sekhar, and destroyed the factory and the educational institutions. Yanam in-charge administrative officer MV Subrahmanyam said police inquiry into Murali Mohan's death was in progress. The situation in Yanam was under control and no untoward incident had been reported since Friday evening, he claimed. People, who resumed normal life on Sunday after observing bandh on the previous day, blamed the unprecedented violence on political rivalry besides industrial unrest. Some rowdies of political leaders of East Godavi district were involved in the violence, they said.