New Delhi, June 28 (Reporter) India on Friday condemned the callous treatment of its national Satnam Singh by his Italian employer who left him to bleed to death with a severed arm, and called for more humane treatment of workers in Italy. Days after India asked Italy to take prompt action against those responsible for the death of Satnam Singh, 31, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in his weekly media briefing, said: “We have taken up the matter of Satnam Singh, an Indian national who passed away in very tragic circumstances in the north of Italy. We have taken up this matter. “The leadership in Italy has spoken about it. After we have taken up the matter with the Foreign Ministry and local authorities, the gentleman who was his employer who was supposed to provide him medical care has been arrested. An investigation is on. We condemn such treatment and we also call for more humane treatment of workers in the country. “We are in touch with the family of Satnam Singh and we are providing all possible assistance in the matter.” On June 26, Muktesh Pardeshi, Secretary CPV/OIA, met Luigi Maria Vignali, Director General for Italian Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies, in Rome and asked for prompt action to be taken against those responsible for the death of Satnam Singh. Satnam Singh, who did not have a regular employment contract, was caught in a plastic wrapping machine, towed by a tractor, which severed his right arm and crushed his lower limbs. Instead of calling for an ambulance or taking him to hospital, the man was loaded into a van and abandoned near his home, while his severed arm was left in a fruit box. He died in a Rome hospital two days later after losing so much blood that it was impossible for him to recover from his injuries. The autopsy of Satnam Singh has revealed that he died due to “copious bleeding”. The death of the Sikh farm hand has spurred outrage at gangmastering, which is widespread in Italy, especially in the south of the country, and other modern forms of slavery. Unions, politicians and members of the Indian community staged a big demonstration calling for action on Saturday in Latina, a Mussolini-founded new town south of Rome that is home to thousands of migrant farm workers. Singh's widow Soni was treated for shock after the incident. His employer Antonello Lovato has been charged with negligent manslaughter. Premier Giorgia Meloni said Singh, one of thousands of Indian immigrants who work the fields at Latina, was the victim of "inhuman acts". The Italian government is to step up measures to combat gangmasters and the exploitation of migrant workers, the Labour Minister Marina Calderone said on Saturday. Pledging to double the number of labour inspections on farms, Calderone said the aim was to "declare war on gangmastering", an illegal practice known as caporalato. The gangmaster system is rife in the agricultural sector, particularly in the south, with many migrants working up to 14 hours a day in slave-like conditions. Singh's Italian employer is now under investigation for manslaughter, violation of workplace safety regulations and failure to provide aid. The horrific death of Singh was widely condemned by trade unions and politicians, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who described it as an “inhumane act" and stated: "I hope that this barbarity will be punished harshly”. Italy's president Sergio Mattarella said the gangmaster system must be "totally eliminated", slamming it as "exploitation of the weakest and most defenceless, with illegal and cruel methods and conditions". Around 5,000 people gathered in Latina on Saturday to demonstrate against the exploitation of migrant farm labourers, many of whom do not possess valid residence papers or contracts. Following the death of Singh, his widow Soni was granted a special permit to stay, to end her illegal status in Italy...////...