At least 50 people, including policemen, have been injured during a clash between RMG workers and the law enforcers in Chittagong, reports bdnews24.com. Over 100 were detained after the clash in city’s New Market area. The factory workers of Asian Apparels Limited had taken it to streets on Wednesday morning to protest misbehaviour of a supervisor with their women colleagues. Their clash with police ensued around 11am. Witnesses said agitated protesters had hurled brickbats at police, who in return lobbed teargas shells, fired rubber bullets and charged batons to disperse them. At least 20 police officers including CMP’s Assistant Commissioner Abdul Rahim, Kotwali police OC Jasim Uddin and Inspector Nur Ahmed were injured. Around 30 workers were also injured in police action. Asian Apparels had moved its main factory to the city’s Uttar Kattoli from Station Road some months ago. But the company’s headquarters remained at the old place. The agitators alleged that a supervisor at the factory had verbally abused the women workers of the cutting section claiming they were not working on Tuesday morning. Protesting the reported incident, the workers had demonstrated later in the afternoon by blockading the road in front of the company head office.
