Death of Colleague in Road Accident

Garment workers go berserk in N'ganj

29 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Narayanganj

Garment workers went on berserk on Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road in Fatulla thana yesterday following the death of one of their colleagues in a road accident. The deceased worker was identified as Hossain Ali, iron man of Berlin Knit ware at Bhuigor in same thana. Police said a bus of Setu Paribahan hit Hossain at Bhuigor on Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road, leaving him injured at 8:00am, while he was crossing the road for going to his workplace. He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he died around 10:30am. As his death news spread out, about 1,000 workers of the factory came out on the Link Road where they staged demonstration and blocked the road, disrupting traffic movement. They also set fire to four buses of Setu Paribahan. On information, fire service personnel from Hajiganj rushed to the spot and doused the flame. The workers withdrew their blockade at 1:00pm following persuasion by police. Meanwhile, transport workers blocked a road in Chasara Bus Counter area at noon on a rumour that garment workers kidnapped two workers of Setu Paribahan. They, however, withdrew their blockade at about 1:00pm.