Jute mill workers block road

21 March 2010, 18:00 PM

Our correspondent, Thakurgaon

Workers of Zem Jute Mills Limited barricaded Panchagarh-Dinajpur highway at Moidandighi village under Boda upazila of Panchagarh district yesterday protesting attack on two workers allegedly by an official of the mills. Police and locals said Production Manager Ali Azam beat up workers leader Delwar Hossain and Hira on a trivial matter. Protesting the attack on their colleagues, workers abstained from work on Saturday and filed a complaint with the authorities against the production manager and also demanded his removal. When the workers came to the mills yesterday morning they saw the authorities closed the main gate instead of taking any action against the production manager.Later, the workers put up barricade on the highway in front of mills at around 8:00am. The road blockade continued as of filing of this report at 5:45pm.