SAVAR: To press the demand for due salaries, RMG workers of Liberty Fashion staged protest in Ashulia, outskirt of Dhaka, on Thursday morning.

Witnesses said that the agitated workers started protest at around 9:00am at the factory premises demanding to payment of their due salaries and Eid bonus. At one stage the factory workers vandalized and torched vehicles, and blocked Zirani-Shimulia Highway.

The workers and law enforcers locked into a clash, police charged baton and opened fire to take the situation under control, leaving at least seven workers injured.

Additional law enforcers were deployed in the area to avoid unwanted situations.

Director of Industrial Police Mostafijur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.

BDST: 1029 HRS, OCT 10, 2013
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