Workers block road in N'ganj
Labourers blocked the Dhaka-Narayanganj old road in Fatullah upazila for an hour yesterday protesting an attack on a labour leader that left the leader injured.
Piash Ahmed Sohail, 35, general secretary of Load-unload Workers' Union, was shot by unidentified miscreants in Aliganj Rail Line area in the upazila Friday night, said witnesses and police.
He was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Protesting the incident, hundreds of agitated workers took to the street near Aliganj around 10:00am and put up barricades on the road disrupting vehicular movements.
The workers withdrew the blockade around 11:00am when police assured them of arresting the culprits soon.
They also suspended their work for the day.
No case was filed in connection with the attack.
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