Policemen assaulted three female day-labourers working under a test relief programme in Kalaroa upazila on Thursday, claiming that they had helped a criminal escape a police raid.
The law enforcers arrested one of them from a hospital yesterday after filing a case against 10 people.
The arrested, Fatema Khatun, 35, is the daughter of freedom fighter Harun Gazi of the Keragachhi village.
Locals said police engaged in a clash with the female workers in the Rathkhola Bazar area after failing to arrest Abdul Alim, who was accused in several cases, from his house in the Keragachhi village.
At one stage, the policemen started beating the women, alleging that they had helped Alim escape.
The injured were taken to the Kalaroa Upazila Health Complex. Of them, Fatema sustained serious fractures in her legs and hands.
Munshi Mofazzel Hossain, OC of the Kolaroa police station, said they had filed the case because they attacked the police and obstructed them from discharging their duties during a drive.
Meanwhile, local freedom fighters and women’s leaders strongly condemned the attack on the female labourers and demanded the withdrawal of the case filed against them.
They also demanded punishment of the police members involved in the incident.
