Garments workers burn 3 police bikes at protest demanding pay rise
Some 8-10 protestors held: police
Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Jun-04,
Workers of several garments factories blocking the Mirpur-10 intersection from Friday noon demanding pay rise had a clash with police trying to disperse them and later burnt three motorcycles.
“Police held some eight to ten of the protesters over the incident”, a police officer from Pallabi police station told a reporter on the spot.
The garment workers were blocking the Gol Chattar intersection of Mirpur-10 from 2 pm today and around 5 pm police members dispersed them from the spot, he said.
Later the protesting workers took position near Mirpur original-10 and had a chase and counter chase with police.
To take control of the situation, police baton-charged and shot tear shells at the protesters.
After that, the protesters burnt three police motorcycles and vandalized a vehicle of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) parked in front of Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium at Mirpur-10.
After police detained some of the protestors they left the area.
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