Arrest Tazreen's owner
Demands 40 RMG organisations
Forty Garment Workers Federation yesterday submitted a memorandum to the home minister demanding immediate arrest and trial of Tazreen Fashions Ltd owner Delwar Hossain for the fire incident at the factory in Ashulia on November 24 last year.
The federation organised a workers' rally in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital at 11:00am and later brought out a procession till the home ministry.
A six-member delegation from the federation submitted the memorandum to the ministry officials, as the home minister was absent at the time, said Sirajul Islam Roni, coordinator of Bangladesh Garments Workers Unity Council.
Law enforcers barricaded the protesters on their way to the ministry, he added.
The owner's negligence was found in the government probe report of the Tazreen fire incident, which killed at least 112 workers, and a criminal case was filed against Delwar Hossain, the memorandum said.
Besides, the High Court ordered and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour Ministry also recommended to arrest Tazreen's owner, it said.
But, Delwar has not been arrested and is threatening the workers, it added.
The federation leaders also urged the government to publish DNA test results of the unidentified deceased fire victims and to compensate the victims' families with Tk 10 lakh each.
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