Over 100 Injured As Bangladesh Garment Workers Clash With Police
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DHAKA, Oct 2 Asia Pulse – Over 100 people, including police, were injured in a fierce street fight between garment workers and cops at Uttara in the capital Saturday.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said traffic on Dhaka-Mymensingh road halted for about three hours due to the widespread clash in a fresh outbreak in the garment industry-this time the sacking of 13 workers igniting the powder keg.<\/p>\n
Sources said trouble erupted at about 8 a.m. as some workers of Laxma Sweater factory streamed onto the road shouting slogans over the sacking of 13 colleagues.<\/p>\n
“As police charged baton on the demonstrators, they (protestors) beat up the policemen with sticks in instant reprisals,” says a spot account of the duel.<\/p>\n
The strike spread with workers from Syntex Garments industry joining in following the retrenchment of four workers there.<\/p>\n
Other workers also joined the protest adding demands for pay in arrears and the new minimum wage to the rally.<\/p>\n
“Thousands of workers of Syntex, Laxma, Pallab, Boutique, SKS Fashion, NAZ and other factories staged demonstrations from 8 a.m., clashed with police, blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway and damaged dozens of vehicles, including six police vans,” said an eye witness report.<\/p>\n
The frenzied demonstrators also damaged three shopping complexes and tried to attack Uttara police station.<\/p>\n
“The whole area turned into a veritable battlefield during the three-hour clash,” a witness said.<\/p>\n
To disperse agitators, police at one stage fired rubber bullets and teargas shells. The situation was brought under control at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
The injured were admitted to Bangladesh Medical College Hospital, Uttara IC Hospital and various local clinics.<\/p>\n
Police arrested 12 people during the unrest.<\/p>\n
Later, garment workers held a protest at the ground near Dada Garment where they demanded removal of the OC of Uttara thana, Kamrul, for his role throughout the riots.<\/p>\n
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