CHITTAGONG: Workers of a sweater factory staged protest in Kalurghat BISIC (Bangladesh Institute of Small Industry and Cottage) Industrial area in the port city on Thursday morning.

Sources said protesting of sudden announcement of closure of the factory; workers took to the roads and started throwing brick-chips at four to five factories at around 10:15am.

Chase and counter chase were occurred between police and agitated workers as police tried to stop them.

Confirming the matter, Sub-inspector of Detective branch of Industrial Police Arifur Rahman Arif told banglanews, “On Wednesday night, Azim Group instantly declared their factory shut which made workers angry. We are trying to calm the workers.”

BDST: 1135 HRS, OCT 03, 2013
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