The aggrieved workers of five factories of the Tuba Group, who are on hunger strike, have blocked the one side of Badda-Gulshan road and demanded canceling the bail for its owner Delwar Hossain in a case over Tazreen Fashions fire.
They came up with the demand while staging their pre-scheduled agitation programme to press for their five-point demand in the capital's Badda area on Saturday.
Joined by eleven more organisations under the banner of Tuba Group Sramik (workers) Sangram Committee, the agitation programme started in front of Hossain Market in North Badda at 11am.
The agitated workers are seen chanting slogans in favour of their five-point demand.
They said they wanted their dues. It was not their "cup of tea whether Delwar gets bail or not."
"Infact, we do not want him to be freed on bail. We demand canceling his bail."
Additional police have been deployed in the area to avert any untoward situation, said the police officials.
Earlier, the workers have rejected BGMEA’s assurance of resolving the crisis within seven working days and vowed to continue with the fast-unto-death until their five-point demand was met.
The demands include immediate payment of the outstanding wages, bonuses and overtime dues of 1,600 workers, job security for all workers of the Tuba Group, keeping all the factories operational, scrapping of Delwar’s bail, and compensation for those who died in the Tazreen Fashion fire and the treatment cost for those injured in the fire.
As of Friday, more than 80 of the agitators, including Mosrefa Mishu, had fallen ill; 15 of them were admitted to Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital and Badda General Hospital in the capital.
They have been staging the hunger strike from last Tuesday, the Eid day.
