Garment workers blocked the Abdullapur-Bypal Highway for more than three hours yesterday morning after one of their fellow workers was killed in a road accident at Jamgara in Ashulia.
According to sources, Fulbanu,35, a worker of Plaukhing Garments Industry Ltd of Palmal Group died on the spot while a passenger bus of Grameen Sheba ran over her on the highway in the area.
Later, on information, more than 7,000 workers of the industry rushed to the spot and blocked the highway protesting the killing.
The agitated workers also vandalised more than 12 vehicles during the blockade, said Mostafizur Rahman, director of industrial police in Ashulia.