Savar, June 13 (UNB) – Over 100 people were injured in sporadic clashes between garment workers and police as RMG unrest spread in the entire Ashulia industrial belt on Wednesday.

The angry garment workers who were demonstrating demanding a hike in their wages clashed with the law enforcers for the third day on the trot today.

Locals said the workers of ADL Garments and Artistic Design of Hameem Group owned by FBCCI president AK Azad staged demonstration on Monday and Tuesday to realise their demand.

But today, the workers of about 200 garment factories of the area joined them.

They took the street and put barricades on different points on Abdullahpur-EPZ road in the morning.

The unruly workers went on the rampage vandalising several vehicles on the road.

As police tried to drive them away from road, the garment workers clashed with the law enforcers at Narasinghapur, Jamgora, Shimultala, Banglabazar, Khandakar Market and Gazirhat areas.

The clashes were continuing as of 10:30 am.

Police were using water cannons, charging batons and lobbing teargas canisters to disperse the demonstrators.

Over 200 garment factories of the area were shut on Wednesday morning amid the RMG unrest.

On Tuesday, at least 20 people were injured as the garment workers clashed with police in the industrial belt.

Earlier, on Monday, over 50 garment factories were closed for a day in Ashulia area apprehending unrest amid apparel workers’ demonstration for pay hike.  

Police and witnesses said hundreds of workers of Artistic Design, a packaging factory of Hameem Group located at Narasinghapur, went on a work abstention in the morning and started agitation in front of the factory, demanding that their salaries be raised.