Three Cases Over Factory Vandalism in Savar-Ashulia: More Than 2,300 Unnamed Accused, 11 Arrested
Three cases have been filed over vandalism at factories in the Savar and Ashulia industrial belt of Dhaka amid the ongoing worker unrest. More than 2,300 unnamed people have been accused in the cases, and police have so far arrested 11 people.
Of the three cases, one was filed with Savar Model Police Station and two with Ashulia Police Station.
Ashulia Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Tarikul Islam said the authorities of two factories in Ashulia filed the two cases on Monday night (November 2) over vandalism at factories during the ongoing worker movement in the industrial belt. Between 800 and 1,000 unnamed people have been accused in those cases, and five people have been arrested.
Savar Model Police Station OC Saiful Alam said the authority of a factory in Savar filed its case over allegations of vandalism at the factory and attacks on staff during the worker movement. Between 1,200 and 1,300 unnamed people have been accused in that case, and six people have been arrested.
Separately, another case was filed with Savar Model Police Station over a bus being set on fire while parked beside a road in the Tentuljhora area of Savar at dawn on Tuesday (November 3), amid the ongoing unrest.
OC Saiful Alam said between 60 and 70 unnamed people have been accused in the bus fire case, and three people have been arrested in connection with it.
At around 10:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Additional Superintendent of Police (Savar Circle) Rakibul Hasan Ishan said two cases had been filed with Ashulia Police Station and one with Savar Police Station over the vandalism incidents in Savar and Ashulia, and that a total of 11 people had been arrested in those cases.
Garment workers protested again on Tuesday, for the fourth consecutive day, demanding that the monthly minimum wage be set at Tk 30,000. The factory vandalism incidents cited in the cases took place amid this unrest in the Savar and Ashulia industrial belt.
