Staff Reporter :
A serious clash between the cops and the transport workers took place in the city’s Gabtoli inter-district bus terminal yesterday night.
The clash ensued when the agitating transport workers set fire to police box and a wrecker parked at about 8pm yesterday.
Being informed police, elite force Rapid Action Battalion and two fire service unit rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.
Police and witnesses said agitating transport workers swooped on police as they tried to refrain from the agitating transport workers at Gabtoli.
At one stage the unruly transport workers threw brickbats targeting the law enforcers.
Sources at the Fire Service Control room said a firefighting unit went to Gabtoli to douse the flames but it failed to reach the spot due to workers’ agitation.
Contacted, Tajul Islam, president of Bangladesh Inter-district Truck Drivers Union, said police charged
batons and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse the agitating transport workers.
They brought the situation under control at around 8:30 pm, he added.
A serious clash between the cops and the transport workers took place in the city’s Gabtoli inter-district bus terminal yesterday night.
The clash ensued when the agitating transport workers set fire to police box and a wrecker parked at about 8pm yesterday.
Being informed police, elite force Rapid Action Battalion and two fire service unit rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.
Police and witnesses said agitating transport workers swooped on police as they tried to refrain from the agitating transport workers at Gabtoli.
At one stage the unruly transport workers threw brickbats targeting the law enforcers.
Sources at the Fire Service Control room said a firefighting unit went to Gabtoli to douse the flames but it failed to reach the spot due to workers’ agitation.
Contacted, Tajul Islam, president of Bangladesh Inter-district Truck Drivers Union, said police charged
batons and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse the agitating transport workers.
They brought the situation under control at around 8:30 pm, he added.
