Readymade garment workers staged violent demonstrations on the Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet highways for two and a half hours, keeping the traffic on the busy highways suspended.
Workers and eyewitnesses said the 'rumour' of beating a worker to death enraged his fellow workers at the Adamjee EPZ while workers at the Sinha Garments at Kachpur took to the street protesting against what they termed lack of security on highway and the recent rise in incidents of 'snatching'.
Police had to fire over a hundred rounds of rubber bullets and tear shells to disperse the protesters and bring the situation under control around 1:45pm, leading to resumption of vehicular movement, said Narayanganj district Police Superintendent Sheikh Najmul Alam.
The aggrieved workers set fire to a police pick-up van, a police box and four bikes in retaliation as they clashed with the law enforcers. About 50 were injured during the clash.
Workers of Sinha Garments at Kachpur, Anjuman Ara, 'Delwar' and 'Ohidul' said some of their colleagues were robbed in the Siddhirganj area over the last few days, prompting them to complain to the local administration but in vain.
Residents said workers from Adamjee EPZ blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong highway around 12 pm after a rumour was circulated that one of their colleagues was beaten to death in the morning, causing a huge traffic tailback.
Workers and eyewitnesses said the 'rumour' of beating a worker to death enraged his fellow workers at the Adamjee EPZ while workers at the Sinha Garments at Kachpur took to the street protesting against what they termed lack of security on highway and the recent rise in incidents of 'snatching'.
Police had to fire over a hundred rounds of rubber bullets and tear shells to disperse the protesters and bring the situation under control around 1:45pm, leading to resumption of vehicular movement, said Narayanganj district Police Superintendent Sheikh Najmul Alam.
The aggrieved workers set fire to a police pick-up van, a police box and four bikes in retaliation as they clashed with the law enforcers. About 50 were injured during the clash.
Workers of Sinha Garments at Kachpur, Anjuman Ara, 'Delwar' and 'Ohidul' said some of their colleagues were robbed in the Siddhirganj area over the last few days, prompting them to complain to the local administration but in vain.
Residents said workers from Adamjee EPZ blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong highway around 12 pm after a rumour was circulated that one of their colleagues was beaten to death in the morning, causing a huge traffic tailback.
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