Staff Reporter :
A fire broke out at the Big Boss garment factory in Bhabanipur area under Kashimpur police station of Gazipur on Wednesday noon.
According to sources, workers were demonstrating to realize their arrears, and the fire originated at around 11:30am.
Being informed, fire service men rushed to the spot but they did not start to douse the fire.
Mohiuddin Ahmed, inspector (investigation) of Kashimpur police station, said workers of a factory of Beximco Group started a demonstration demanding arrears. They also demanded other adjacent factories stop and carry out attacks and vandalism.
Witnesses said workers of the Beximco factory started a demonstration demanding wages. The demonstrators blocked the road. At one point, a group of workers set fire to the factory of Big Boss and took position in the area with sticks.
Gazipur fire service’s deputy assistant director Abdullah Al Arefin said two units of fire service rushed to the spot. But they left the place as workers vandalized a fire service vehicle.
He said that they sought the army’s assistance. Fire service can work in extinguishing the fire with the army’s cooperation.
Big Boss Corporation Limited’s storekeeper Wahed Khan said Beximco factory’s workers had been demonstrating demanding arrears. At one point, the workers of the Beximco Group attacked different factories in adjacent areas. Later they set fire to the warehouse of the Big Boss factory.
Correction: The news initially mentioned Big Boss factory is a sister concern of Beximco Group. Actually the factory is not owned by Beximco Group.