ASHULIA, DHAKA: The authorities of seven garment factories declared closed their factories on Saturday morning amid workers protest in Ashulia, on outskirt of Dhaka.

Sources said that hundreds workers of garments factories have staged protest programmes for last couple of days as garments owners refused to accept new salary scale declared by wage board.

In line with the demonstration, workers of Southern garments limited, Design way and Mascot Group started staging protest in stead of joining their jobs and at one stage they threw brick chips at the adjacent factories.

Later, workers of Radiance Group, Yagi Bangladesh Limited and Star-link Style Limited joined the protest.

When, industrial police tried to control agitated workers, chases and counter chases were occurred between them, leaving 20 workers injured.

Besides, Green life factory of Jamgora area was declared shut on the same cause.

Industrial Police Inspector Abdus Sattar told banglanews, “Seven factory workers of Jirabo and Jamgora area brought out procession that forced owners to declare their factories shut.”

Additional Police forces were deployed in various important points of the area, he added.

BDST: 1347 HRS, NOV 09, 2013
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