More than one hundred bus workers in the Rajshahi city on Wednesday went on demonstrations, protesting at an assault on a few bus workers by some mango vendors Tuesday night.
The demonstrators blocked the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj Highway and demanded exemplary punishment to the people who assaulted bus workers and damaged buses.
They brought out a procession from Rajshahi bus terminal at about 9:00am and after parading city streets they held an hour-long rally at the starting point at about 10:00am blocking the highway.
During the blockade, more than 200 vehicles were stuck in serious tailback on both sides.
Rajshahi Bus Workers' Union president Kamal Hossain Robi, general secretary Mahatab Uddin and joint secretary Abdul Hakim Raza addressed the rally, among others.
Earlier, about 20 people, including a Boalia police-officer-in-charge, were injured in a clash between bus workers and mango traders at a market adjacent to the bus terminal.
Local people said the clash started over the price of the mangoes.
Later, the Boalia police went to the spot and brought the situation under control.
The police said their officer-in-charge Shahadat Hossain was also injured during the clash.
Shahadat Hossain on Wednesday told New Age that the bus workers' association filed a case with the police on the day accusing 12 mango vendors of attacking them.
Source : New Age
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