NEW DELHI , India ( CNN ) -- Police in India have charged 63 people with murder in the beating death of a company boss who fired them . Labor minister Oscar Fernandes was criticized for saying Chaudhary 's death was warning to management . The 63 were among 137 people police had rounded up by Wednesday -- two days after a mob of fired employees attacked L.K . Chaudhary , the chief executive of an Italian car parts manufacturing company . The others were charged with disturbing the peace in the Monday incident in Noida , located in the outskirts of the capital New Delhi . More arrests are likely , said R. K. Chaturvedi , the senior superintendent of police in Noida . The former employees of Graziano Transmissioni had gone to meet with company management over their reinstatement , said Noida police Inspector Manoj Pathak . The meeting turned violent , and the mob attacked Chaudhary with iron rods , Pathak said . On Tuesday , India 's labor minister , Oscar Fernandes , drew sharp criticism after he said Chaudhary 's death should serve as a warning to management , according to CNN 's sister network in India , CNN-IBN . `` The workers should be dealt ( with ) with compassion and should not be pushed so hard that they resort to whatever that had happened in Nodia '' CNN-IBN quoted Fernandes as telling reporters . The minister later apologized , telling CNN his comments had been taken out of context . He said the murder of the boss could never be justified . The Italian Embassy said the company had , for several months , been facing `` violent forms of protest by self-proclaimed workers ' representatives . '' `` The situation had been repeatedly brought to the attention of the competent Indian authorities , both at central and local level , '' it said in a statement . Business groups condemned the killing with the Confederation of Indian Industry calling it `` tragic , unwanted and gory . '' `` Such instances of industrial violence can not be a solution to any problem and must not be tolerated , '' said Salil Singh , chairman of the group that promotes industrial growth . Meanwhile , authorities sought to appease businesses that police were aggressively investigating the case . `` The legal course will be followed and all culprits brought to book , '' Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said . `` This stray tragic occurrence would not be allowed to mar India 's position as an investment-friendly destination . '' CNN 's Harmeet Shah Singh contributed to this report .
Police in India charge 63 people with murdering company boss who fired them . Mob of fired employees attacked chief executive of Italian car parts company . India 's labor minister apologizes for saying death is warning to management .