Workers go on the rampage in ctg

Workers put barricades on the road in front of Chittagong Export Processing Zone and vandalised five vehicles yesterday evening over a rumour that a security guard had beaten an urchin dead.
The rumour spread when thousands of workers of the CEPZ were returning home around 7:45pm, witnesses said. They started smashing windowpanes at the main entrance and then blocked the road and vandalised five vehicles.
Traffic movement on the road between Barek Building Intersection and CEPZ and the airport was halted.
Police rushed to the spot and got involved in running battles with the workers. The situation came under control around 9:20pm, witnesses said.
However, Abdur Rashid, general manager of Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority, claimed that some workers locked in a scuffle with security guards at the main entrance over a “trifling matter” and went on the rampage.
Anindita Barua, additional deputy commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police, claimed that there were no running battles on the streets and that the rumour of an urchin's death was baseless.