Sub Inspector Naba Gopal of Gazipur Police Station filed the case in the early hours of yesterday. However, police did not mention anything regarding the death of the garment worker in the case.

A sewing section operator named Haider Ali was also arrested after filing of the case.

The factory looked deserted yesterday as neither the factory authorities nor the law enforcers went to the factory following the incident on Sunday that left one Asma Akhter, 20, a sewing operator of Fortuna Apparels Ltd, dead after police opened fire on agitating workers who demanded outstanding salary and arrears.

The three-member probe committee formed after the incident started investigating into the incident yesterday and visited the factory.

Security has been beefed up in the industrial area following the incident while Around 10 to 15 garment factories were announced closed yesterday fearing probable workers' unrest.

Most of the garment factories in the area, however, remained closed, as it was weekly holiday for them.

A three-member team of Gazipur Sadar Hospital led by Dr Abdul Halim Molla conducted autopsy of the body of Asma in the early morning yesterday. The committee members said that a bullet was found in the back of the deceased and she was shot dead.

The autopsy committee also added that the report would be submitted within three days. Earlier, another team led by Additional District Magistrate Mirza Tarique Hekmat made an inquest report of the body at 5:00am.

The body was handed over to Abdus Sattar, father of Asma, after the autopsy was conducted at 6:00am. Her body was sent to her village home in Patuakhali under police guard.

"The family of the victim will receive Tk one lakh as compensation and the money will be realised from the factory owners," said Assistant Superintendent of Police of Gazipur Saiful Al Mamun.

Meanwhile, several hundred workers of Winter Garment at Mouchak in Kaliakoir observed work abstention and staged hunger-strike in front of the factory demanding unpaid salaries of the month of April. They were agitating till filing of the report at 6:00pm.

Besides, Anupam Sweaters in Gazipur, which was closed in the wake of workers' demonstration for outstanding arrears a month ago, started disbursing salaries to the workers under police guard.