Dhaka, March 22 -- At least nine garment workers and six policemen were injured as the workers clashed with the law enforcers following a rumour over death of three fellow workers in a factory at Sonargoan upazila in Narayanganj on Thursday.
The injured were treated from local private clinics of Narayanganj.
Police said a female worker, Rina Akhter, 35, of Chaity Knit Composite Ltd became senseless after felling on floor of a washroom in the factory this noon. Seeing the incident another two female workers became senseless.
Then, the factory authority took the workers to a nearby hospital though an ambulance. Immediately after the incident, a rumour was spread that the three workers died.
Following the rumour, several hundred workers of...