Workers of a ready-made garment factory in Chittagong took to the streets demanding their due pay in the city’s Sagarika Road yesterday afternoon.
While demonstrating, the agitated workers vandalised the insides of BO Monde Garments Ltd as well as two vehicles on the street. They also attempted to block the road, but were thwarted by the Industrial and Pahartoli police who took control of the situation within an hour.
The workers, however, withdrew their demonstration around 4pm as the factory’s owner assured payment by Thursday.
Inspector Arifur Rahman of Industrial Police (Intelligence) in Chittagong said the workers started demonstrating yesterday in and out of the factory as the factory owner failed to pay their due wages despite repeated requests, as they had been unpaid since April.
“The factory owner was scheduled to come to the factory yesterday and meet the workers, but he did not, which triggered the agitation,” he said, quoting the workers.
At one stage of the demonstration, the workers started to destroy the windows and doors of the factory, while some of them attempted to block the city road vandalising two vehicles, he added.
