Bangladesh News

A section of the local administration and police were involved with the rioters who made arson attacks and vandalised Ha-Meem Group factories at Ashulia last week, the group’s Managing Director AK Azad suspects.

He called for a probe to dig out the truth.

“There are still some wicked people in the police, and they are active to destabilise the government of Sheikh Hasina. They were involved in the incidents,” said Azad while addressing a gathering of workers of Ha-Meem factories yesterday.

The allegations were made when Commerce Minister Faruk Khan, Industries Minister Dilip Barua and Prime Minister’s Adviser Prof Sayed Mdasser Ali visited the burnt-down factories of the group. BGMEA President Abdus Salam Murshedy was also with them.

They later visited Suhi Industrial Park, which also was badly affected by the labour unrest in the area for three days till Monday last.

Six factories, two warehouses and several vehicles of Ha-Meem Group were burnt, and two garment workers were killed during this period.

Speaking at the workers’ gathering, Dilip Barua said a certain quarter is out to topple this government, and had involvement in the burning down of garment factories.

Faruk Khan said, ” Problems are there in any factories in the world but vandalising those is not a solution to that. All problems should be resolved through discussions,” said the commerce minister.

He asserted that the government is investigating into the incidents, and would give exemplary punishment to those involved in the destructions.

The minister asked the Ha-Meem Group management to sit with the workers for resolving the problems.

Earlier, at a meeting with the BGMEA leaders and garment owners at Ashulia before visiting the factories, Sayed Modasser Ali said the government would do everything to solve the problems of garment sector.

He also said proper action would be taken against any garment factory owners if identified for “wrong treatment” with the workers.