At least 10 people, including two police constables, were injured in a clash between law enforcers and readymade garments (RMG) worker in Gazipur’s Tongi on Wednesday.
The police constables are Shahinul Islam, 38, and Badsha Fahad, 35.
Witnesses said workers of Ananta Garments Limited at Pagar in Tongi BISIC area staged demonstrations in the factory compound, demanding the implementation of the government-mandated minimum wage and protesting the attack on the workers by police on Tuesday.
Later, the worker of Shishir Knitting and Surf Excel Garments joined them.
The RMG workers locked into a clash with law enforcers when police tried to disperse the crowd whist the workers blocked the road and staged a protest rally in the area at around 11am.
Officer-in-chage of Tongi police station Abul Kalak Azad said police charged at the protesters and fired 20 teargas shells and rounds rubber bullets to disperse the workers leaving 10 people injured.
Of the injured, bullet-wounded Shahinul was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital while another bullet-wounded RMG worker Md Wahab was sent to National Eye Hospital in Dhaka.
Later, the authorities announced the factories closed for the day.
Gazipur industrial police Inspector Nazrul Islam said more than 50 garment factories were closed on Wednesday due to the labour unrest at Konabari and Kashimpur.
Law enforcers, including members of Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh and additional police were deployed in the areas to avoid any further untoward situations.
