Port-Louis, Mauritius, 06/11 - Fourteen Indian workers in an Indian-owned textile manufacturing company in Mauritius, have had their appointments and resident permits revoked following a six-day strike over their service conditions, union sources said in Port-Louis Thursday.

A Mauritian trade unionist, Reeaz Chuttoo, arrested on the same charges, was later released, the sources said.

Chuttoo, a member of the Federation of Progressive Unions (FPU), accused the Mauritian police of resorting to violence in the arrest of the 14 Indians, who were working for Arvind Mills based in Port-Louis.

"We have lodged a complaint since the beginning of this strike at the International Labour Organisation (ILO). We are also seeking the support of International Trade Union Federations to alert other bodies on the situation of Indian workers in Mauritius," he said.

For his part, Vikas Joshi, Director of Human Resources at Arvind Mills, said the company was studying the case of other Indian workers on strike.

The company employs 263 Mauritians, 140 Indians and 37 Chinese.