Owners of a garments factory in Jordan are allegedly ill-treating more than a hundred Bangladeshi workers, giving them inadequate food, water, and accommodation and depriving them of due wages.

Kabir Hossain, a worker of Al Shaded Garments, who was recently sent back home, narrated the tale of inhuman torture in a press conference at the Bangladesh Crime Reporters' Association office yesterday.

"After 48 hours of work at a stretch, the authorities used to give us two pieces of bread. We were bound to work without salaries. As we demanded our salaries, they beat up us mercilessly," he said, adding, "We informed the Bangladesh Embassy in Jordan of the matter but to no effect."

Kabir said 121 Bangladeshi workers went to Jordan through 'Golden View', a Bangladeshi travel agency, in November-December last year.

"The 121 workers had to huddle in four small rooms and the Al Shahed authorities used to give us inadequate food and water. They put us under lock and key in our rooms and factory so that we could not contact with others," he added.

"As I, along with five other workers, protested the inhuman torture, the authorities forcibly sent us back," he said.

Kabir alleged that Ohiduzzaman Razu, owner of Golden View ignored them when they informed him of the matter after returning home.

He demanded compensation from the travel agency and urged the government to take action in this regard.