Worker’s death in road accident sparks protest
Narayanganj: Garment workers blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway following the death of a female garment worker in a road accident at Kanchpur of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj on Monday morning.
The deceased is Firoza Begum, in her forties, worker of Sinha and Opex Group and wife of Dukhai Miah, a resident of Bishnandi village in Araihazar upazila in the district.
Sheikh Sharifur Alam, officer-in-charge of Kanchpur Highway Police Station, said a bus ran over Firoza while she was crossing the highway at about 8:30am, leaving her dead on the spot.
Following the accident, the workers of the factory blocked the highway which halted vehicular movement for about an hour and created traffic jam from Simrail intersection to Tarabo Bishwa road.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.