Dhaka, Bangladesh Global: Workers from a garment factory in Dhaka’s Kachukhet area took to the streets with various demands on Thursday morning. During the protest, some workers threw bricks and stones at law enforcement officers.
At one stage, the protesters vandalized and set fire to two vehicles belonging to police and the army.
Kafrul Police Station officer-in-charge Kazi Golam Mostafa confirmed it. In response, police and army personnel took action to disperse them, the OC said.
Workers of a garment factory took to the streets around 8:30am protesting layoffs and closure of their factory. Later, workers from various factories in Mirpur-14 and Kachukhet areas joined them, the police official said.
The violence continued till around 10:00am, but the workers are still near the area and the situation was tense as of 10:45am, when our staff correspondent filed this report.
Two units of firefighters were working at the scene to extinguish the fire set on the vehicles by the protesters.
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