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Rubber workers clash with cops

Constable killed; 16 injured as cops open fire

Our Correspondent, Bandarban
A police constable was killed and about 16 workers of a rubber garden were injured in a violent clash between them at Baishari in Naikkhongchari upazila in Bandarban hill district yesterday morning.
The clash erupted when police opened fire on workers dem-onstratingfor reinstatement to their jobs.
The deceased was identified as Bachchu Miah, 32.
Of the injured 11 were taken to Cox's Bazar Hospital for treatment. Six of the injured were identified as Kew Thoai
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Chak, U Thoai Ching, Abul Kalam, Saber Hossain, Nurul Hasan and Jamal Ahmed.
Bachchu Mia suffered head injuries when he was beaten by workers and later succumbed to his injuries at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital at 8:00pm yesterday, police sources said.
The conditions of the six injured workers were stated to be critical, hospital sources said.
Demonstrating workers later set the administrative office of the PHP Rubber Garden on fire. Two thatched houses were also gutted in the fire. Police took the manager of the garden, Abul Hossain, in safe custody.
Following the clash police and BDRmembers were reinforced in the area.
— The workers alleged that tHe people of the management of the garden also opened fire on them.
The firing triggered violent clash and at one stage the workers swooped on the police with sticks; they pelted them with brickbats and set the bamboo-made office of the PHP Garden on fire, locals said.
Jafrul Islam Azizi, additional district magistrate of Bandarban, the assistant superintendent of police and UNO of Naikhongchari visited the spot and brought the situation under control.
Later, as the management of the rubber garden agreed to bear the cost of treatment of those injured in the gunshot and bring the persons responsible for firing to book the workers returned home.
Police said that the management and workers had reached an agreement to work out the problems within the next two days.
To this end a tripartite meeting among the workers, PHP management and police administration will be held on January' 8 at the Deputy Commissioner’s office, police added.