MUMBAI, India — Tata Motors suspended work indefinitely at a factory building the world’s cheapest car following increasingly violent protests by farmers demanding the return of their land. No one has reported to work at the Nano factory since Friday, at the company’s request, and some international staffers have gone home, the company said.
At $2,500, the Nano has knocked the bottom out of the minicar market in India, with others pushing to enter the super-economy market. But several hundred farmers have dogged Ratan Tata, left, with protests for two years, saying they weren’t fairly compensated for land where the factory was built. Demonstrations have escalated, and the protesters trapped workers in the factory last week. The Associated Press; AFP/Getty Images file photo
