RMG workers vandalise the windows of a building of Picard Bangladesh Ltd in Ashulia on Saturday. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Readymade
garments workers allegedly attacked three factories of Picard
Bangladesh Ltd which produce leather goods on the capital's outskirts
Ashulia Saturday afternoon.At least 20 people -- including 10 security guards -- were injured and six vehicles ransacked during the attack.
Police said the workers attacked the Picard factories which remained open when garments factories in the area remained closed following unrest over paying arrears to the workers of Maskot garments limited.
Musleh Uddin, deputy manager of the Picard, told The Daily Star that hundreds of workers attacked their factories around 3:15pm, injuring 20 people -- 10 security guards and 10 staffers of the factories.
Golam Rauf, a deputy director of Industrial Police, said workers of several garments factories in Jirabo area vandalised at least six vehicles of the staff of the factories and all the windows and gates of the factories.
Rauf also said a one-hour clash took place between law enforcers and the agitating workers when additional police reached the spot and tried to disperse the workers.
Police charged baton to disperse the demonstrators around 3:30pm.
The situation of Jirabo area in Ashulia became normal around 4:00pm, Rauf said.
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