The workers of the Nippon Garments Industries Ltd of Ouchpara Tongi of Gazipur came to work at their factory on October 31, 2009 at 8.00 am. Seeing a notice issuing the shut down of the factory, prompted the workers to go inside to speak with the factory owning authority. They were prevented from doing this by the Police. The Police opened fire upon the workers without cause. The tear shells, rubber as well as normal bullets fired by the Police resulted in the injury of almost 20 workers. Babul Sheikh (30) coming from House 245 and Block No. 6 of Ershadnagar, adjacent to the factory premises, Md. Shafiq Mistree (50) from House No. 155 of Block No. 1 and Tajul Islam (50) coming from House No. 512 of Block No. 3 were shot and killed in the incident.
Gazipur-3 dead Nippon Garments-Extra judicial killing-2009 (full text in English, PDF)
Gazipur-3 dead Nippon Garments-Extra judicial killing-2009 (full text in Bangla, PDF)
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