NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Angry workers beat to death a human resources vice president after he laid off 42 employees at an auto-parts manufacturing company in southern India, police said Wednesday.

Roy George was vice-president for human resources at Pricol, the auto-parts company.

Some four to five workers, belonging to a union not recognized by the company, barged into his office and beat him up with iron rods, said N. Kannan, a police superintendent of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu state.

George, 47, died from his head injuries Tuesday, Kannan told CNN.

Police have arrested nine people and are expected to round up more.

Last year the Indian head of an Italian company died after allegedly being beaten by a mob of sacked employees.

More than 60 people were charged with the murder of the chief executive of Graziano Transmissioni near New Delhi.

Earlier this month, India's Jet Airways had to cancel hundreds of flights after pilots struck work over the sacking of two of their colleagues in August.

Companies in the South Asian nation, despite its rapid economic growth in recent years, have often been faced with tough labor issues because of archaic laws and company policies on hiring and retrenchment.

Business consultants in India blame such labor standoffs on what they call lack of transparency in retrenchment or layoff policies.

Hiring and firing conditions are often not explained to workers by their companies, said Rajeev Karwal, founding-director of Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions.

Issues could spiral out of control if the businesses and bureaucrats are seen in a "corrupt nexus" by the employees seeking reprieve from labor authorities, he said.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. hundreds
2. pilots strike
3. August
4. vice-president for human resources
5. Pricol
6. he was beat up
7. workers
8. head injuries
9. 47
10. no
11. Tuesday
12. nine
13. he was murdered
14. More than 60
15. near New Delhi
16. explain hiring and firing conditions
17. workers
18. reprieve
19. Rajeev Karwal
20. labor issues
1. How many flights were cancelled at Jet Airways?
2. Why?
3. When were their fellow workers fired?
4. Who was Roy George?
5. Who did he work for?
6. What happened to him?
7. by who?
8. What kind of injuries did he sustain?
9. How old was he?
10. Did he survive?
11. When did he die?
12. How many people have the police taken into custody for his death?
13. What happened to the Chief Executive of Graziano Transmissioni?
14. How many people participated in that?
15. Where was this?
16. What do companies fail to explain?
17. to who
18. What do workers want from authorities?
19. Who is the founding director of Milagrow Business
20. What are companies in South Asia experiencing?