Staff Correspondent

The police have filed a case against 10 leaders of garment workers' organisations over the clashes that took place at Mirpur and Kachukhet in Dhaka on Monday and Tuesday.

About a hundred workers were injured in the clashes as the police charged at them with truncheons and fired teargas shells. Several factories were damaged and a few vehicles vandalised.

Five more cases have been filed with the Kafrul police against the workers in connection with the clashes.

The police said four of the cases were filed in connection with the violation of the Emergency Powers Rules and one was filed over the assault of lawmen.

The other case in connection with vandalising garment factories and vehicles was filed against the leaders.

Six subinspectors of the Kafrul police — Rafiqul Islam, Mojibur Rahman, Momin Ahmed, Habibul Alam, Shahbuddin Ahmed and Moniruzzaman — filed the cases as complainants.

'We have named some worker leaders as we have found them involved in the clashes after seeing the video footage aired by television channels,' said a subinspector who filed the case.

The police early Wednesday arrested garment waste traders Moktar Hossain, 40 and Mehedi Hasan, 42, at their houses at Ibrahimpur.

One of the investigation officers said, 'We have arrested them as they have been controlling the trade in garment wastes at Shewrapara, Kazipara, Mirpur and Kachukhet for long.'

All the garments factories at Shewrapara, Kazipara, Mirpur Section 10, 11, 12 and 13 and Kachukhet resumed operation Wednesday morning.

A worker of the MBM Garments, Kayes, said, 'We joined work by 8:00am, but the authorities directed us to join work on Thursday.'

Police deployment at the areas was reinforced on Wednesday.

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