Police lodged a case in Kotwali thana in Chittagong accusing 300 persons including 8 identified following a clash between the police and RMG workers occurred in New Market area in city recently .
In the clash, about 50 workers received injuries . SI of Kotwali thana Nurul Islam lodged the case as plaintiff , sources said. (Case No.70/16).
Mentionable that over 50 persons including RMG workers and law enforcers were injured and about hundred detained after the sporadic clash between the readymade garments workers and the law enforcers at Station road near New Market under Kotwali thana in the port city August 24 last.
Eye witnesses and police sources said. the factory workers of Asian Apparels Limited taken to streets on Wednesday morning to protest misbehaviour of a factory supervisor with their women colleague .Their clash with police ensued around 11am.
At least 20 police officers including CMP’s Assistant Commissioner Abdul Rahim, Kotwali police OC Jasim Uddin and Inspector Nur Ahmed were injured.
Around 30 workers were also injured in police action.
The agitators alleged that a supervisor at the factory had verbally abused the women workers of the cutting section claiming they were not working on Tuesday morning.
