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200 wounded as cops, workers clash at Savar

UNB, Savar
Some 200 people were wounded, 20 of them took bullets, as police clubbed and fired shots to quell a violent demonstration by the workers of a garment factory at Dhaka Export Processing Zone in Savar yesterday.
Witnesses said the massive trouble broke out at about 10:30am following a dispute over the ownership of Honorway Textiles and
Apparels factory.
Twenty-five of the injured were sent to hospitals and clinics in Dhaka and Savar.
Police and witnesses said some 1,700 workers of the factory coowned by Sri Lankan and Hong Kong entrepreneurs found their factory under lock and key yesterday morning. They went to the office of the
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general manager of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) to know the reason, but Security Officer Rezaul Karim barred them from entering the office, which infuriated the workers.
Ansars personnel who were in charge of security there suddenly swooped on the workers without any provocation, allegedly at the instruction of Karim.
In retaliation, the workers damaged doors and windows of the administrative building of Bepza and engaged in a fierce clash with theAnsars.
"As the situation turned critical, police from Savar thana came to the spot and resorted to baton charge and later fired a number of gunshots in a bid to tackle the situation," said a report quoting the witnesses.
Hundreds of workers from other factories, meanwhile, joined their fellow workers and clashed with police, turning the entire EPZ area turned into a veritable battlefield.
Six policemen, six Ansars personnel and two private security guards were also injured during the incident.
Condition of Shirin Akhter, 20, Shahanaz, 24, Shilpi, 24, Krishna, 23, Sohel Rana, 20, and Anwar, 20, who took bullet, was critical.
The other injured were identified as Ayub, 22, Zahidul Islam Rana, 20, Kalam, 23, Rashid, 25, Saidul, 22, Baten, 27, Kabir, 24, Mahmudul, 24, Faruk, 25, Alam, 27, Babul, 32, Rahim, 20, Babu, 21, Nasima, 20, Morjina, 18, Rita, 21, Kudrat, 23, Julhas, 22, Momtaz, 22, Ayesha, 20, Arif, 24, Rana, 22, and Sharmin, 24.
Police arrested four persons, three workers and an outsider, at the scene.
Managing Director (MD) of the disputed factory Raymond said he was appointed by factory Chairman Elvin Lao following allegations of misappropriation of Tk 3 crore from workers' provident fund by past MD Haisa. But the sacked MD is claiming that his removal is illegal and sought court injunctions on the operations of the factory.
Production in the factory slowed down in recent times following court injunctions. The present MD, Raymond, locked up the factory on Saturday night.