At least 20 people were injured in a clash between the readymade garment workers and police on Thursday at Jirabo at Ashulia under Savar upazila.
The police said that more than 1,500 workers of Deniar Fashion began agitation in the morning, demanding an increase in their salary.
Later they had sat with the factory management over the issue and resumed their demonstration when the management refused to accept their demands.
At one stage they took to the street and pelted stones at several factories including their own, said the Ashulia police.
Production was hampered for about four hours at the nearby factories, including Horizon Fashion and Irish Fashion.
The agitators also blockaded the Bishmail-Jirabo Road for about an hour, said the witnesses.
A clash broke out as the police baton-charged the workers to disperse them from the road while the latter pelted stones at them, leaving both the workers and policemen injured, said the police.
Ashulia police officer-in-charge Sirajul Islam told New Age that the workers left the area and the situation was now under control.
Additional law enforcers have been deployed at the area, he added.
Source : New Age
