At least 30 workers of Dignity Textile Limited have been injured while getting out of the factory in a hurry in Natun Bazar area of Sripur upazila on Sunday morning.
The injured were taken to Sripur upazila Health Complex.
Gazipur industrial police assistant sub-inspector Shariful Alam told the Dhaka Tribune, “The workers panicked after hearing shouts of a fellow worker and got injured while getting out of the factory in a hurry.”
Afroza Sharmin, duty doctor of Sripur upazila Health Complex, said workers got injured caused by sudden fear which is said in medical study to be mass hysteria.
Later, the authorities declared the closure of the factory for the day.