At least 20 workers of a garment factory were injured in a clash that ensued when police tried to stop them from blocking Dhaka-Narayanganj link road yesterday.
The workers of Radical Design Ltd, a company closed for six months, took to the streets and tried to block the road in Shibu Market area demanding payment of arrears.      
The authorities kept promising them to pay their arrears but did not keep their words.
Inspector Rezaul Karim of Industrial Police said several hundred workers vandalised vehicles around 3:30pm.
When police tried to disperse the demonstrators they started throwing brick chips at the law enforcers triggering the clash.
Later, police brought the situation under control by firing 12 bullets, said police.
On June 15, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), fearing labour unrest in the zone due to the closed factory, sent a letter to State Minister for Labour and Employment Mojibul Haque Chunnu.
A garment inspector in the zone recently filed a case with the labour court asking to pay the arrears of the worker's salary selling the assets of the Canadian owner of the garment.