India, April 15 -- Five of the six suspects arrested for allegedly attempting to incite violence during a wage hike protest in IMT Manesar in Gurugram were unemployed and had planned to collect commissions from workers after a pay hike, police said on Tuesday.

Crime branch officials said the five accused were linked to a workers' union active in Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh and had been living on rent in Manesar for the past few months. Investigators said they created three WhatsApp groups comprising workers from factories of a garment manufacturing and export firm in IMT Manesar soon after employees of an automobile manufacturing firm secured a wage hike following their April 2 strike.

A senior police officer said the groups were na...