Bangladesh police on Tuesday announced the arrests of two union leaders who had protested the closure of loss-making jute mills, more than 24 hours after their
The arrests followed Dhaka's decision last week to shut down all 25 of its state-run jute mills and lay off 25,000 employees, citing the factories' inability to compete with the private sector. Thousands of workers protested in the southern city of Khulna ahead of last week's announcement, which came as the impoverished nation struggles to contain the impact of coronavirus on its export-oriented garment sector, with global brands cancelling or withholding orders.
But another union leader said the arrests were intended to foil any attempts at protesting the mill closures."We heard they were allegedly planning a protest... against the shutdown of the mills. That's why they were arrested," he told AFP on condition of anonymity. Islam's son Mohammad Jewel told AFP that he had to make the rounds of several police stations before he was informed about the arrests and the charges, more than 30 hours after his father was picked up by unidentified men."We were scared. We thought he was taken for a crossfire," Jewel said.
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