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RMG workers-cop clash hurt 20 in Rampura

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Published: 10:02, 23 March 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
RMG workers-cop clash hurt 20 in Rampura

Staff Correspondent: At least 20 people were injured in a clash between police and garment workers in Rampura area of the capital on Thursday.

Sources said that the workers of a garment factory named 'Lyric Garment Industries' staged demonstrations in front of their factory in the area to press home their various demands, including halting relocation of their factory. At one stage, the workers put blockade on road there. 

Meanwhile, police rushed to the spot and charged baton to disperse them which triggered a clash, leaving 20 people injured including Rampura police Station Officer-in-Charge.

The injured were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Confirming the matter, Rampura police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Proloy Kumar Saha said that earlier, police requested the workers to leave the road but the workers started to throw brick chips aiming the law enforcers, leaving four policemen injured.


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