About 397 sacked employees of Baghabari Milk Vita Company yesterday at a press conference at Pabna Press Club urged the authorities concerned for their reinstatement.

Md Shahidul Islam, on behalf of the employees, addressed the press conference.

The press conference said the Milk Vita authorities sacked them illegally and they are passing their days in misery.

The press conference said the company authorities sacked them in two phases. Initially, 287 workers

were sacked through a notice issued on March 11. Afterwards, 110 more were sacked through another notice issued on August 1.

While narrating the woes of sacked staffers, the press conference said the company had recruited all of them following the rules and regulations properly. But it is a pity the Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Ministry sacked them terming them a burden to the company, the press conference said.

The conference said the company authorities violated the official rule by sacking them. Now the company authorities are trying to recruit workers

temporarily on master roll basis, the conference said.

The press conference alleged that the company bears a burden of heavy administration and its officials are corrupt. Although the company sacked skilled employees, but a large number of unskilled employees are still in service, the press conference said. They are now burden to the company, it said. The press conference said further there are 191 officials in the administration instead of 50 officials. The press conference urged the authorities concerned to investigate into the corruption of the administration personnel.