Workers take to the streets over fellow’s death
Dhaka: Several hundred workers of a readymade garments (RMG) factory staged a demonstration in Kamalapur area of the city on Tuesday morning protesting the death of a fellow in a road accident on Monday.
Sources said incensed by seeing a closure notice of their factory, the workers of Olio Garments put up barricade on the roads at various points-from Arambagh intersection to Kamalapur level crossing, TT Para level crossing to Kamalapur crossing and Shahjahanpur intersection to Kamalapur crossing disrupting vehicular movement in the area.
Being informed, police rushed in and brought the situation under control.
Additional police personnel were deployed in the area.
Aklima, 25, a worker of Olio Garments, was killed while two others, including a physically challenged young man, were injured when a passenger bus hit them near Kamalapur train station on Monday night.
Police quoting witnesses said the incident took place at around 8:30 pm when a passenger bus of ‘Balaka Paribahan’ ran over them at Kamalapur railway station crossing.
Aklima died on the spot while another garment worker Hazera,35 and Jasim,30, a handicrafts man, were injured in the incident, said Sub-inspector Fazlul Haque of Shahjahanpur police station.
The injured were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition.