UNB, Chattogram :
Trading at the popular Khatunganj wholesale market in Chattogram port city has been suspended since Wednesday morning, with workers embarking on a strike in the wake of the death of a worker in an attack by a driver.
Zahidul Kabir, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said Masud, 29, the worker of the wholesale market, had a heated argument with the pick-up van driver while loading goods in the Chanmia Lane of the market over a small matter on October 17.
The argument turned violent when the van driver suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed Masud, leaving him injured. He was rushed to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).
Soon after the attack, hundreds of workers at the wholesale market halted loading and unloading of goods on that day. They also blocked roads by placing carts.
The aggrieved workers went on an indefinite strike after Masud succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning at CMCH, two days after the attack.
Additional police personnel have been deployed at the wholesale market to avert further trouble.
“Earlier, a complaint was lodged with the Kotwali Police, and now a process is on to convert the same into a murder case,” said the OC.
