RMG workers clash with cops in N'ganj
Some 50 people, including 10 policemen, were injured yesterday after workers of a Narayanganj garment factory clashed with law enforcers protesting the factory management's alleged act of locking them in during a fire on Monday.
The injured were provided treatment at Narayanganj 200 Bed Hospital and local clinics.
The workers of the Motaleb Monwara Composite Garments factory at Shibu Market in Fatullah under Narayanganj sadar upazila also demanded a pay raise while ransacking the factory since morning, said police and witnesses.
When industrial police arrived on the scene, the workers threw tube-lights, drums and other objects from the six-storied factory's roof. The workers came out around 2:30pm after the factory management declared a shut down and engaged in a chase and counter chase with police.
Four of the workers alleged that a fire ignited from an electric short circuit on one of the floors on Monday and the workers had tried to get out, only to find the main entrance locked.
Though the fire was put out soon, the management did not explain the reason for the locks on the entrance, prompting the agitation, they said.
The factory owner could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
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