Oil tanker workers in Khulna have called off their strike based on an assurance from the district authorities that the perpetrators of the attack on one of their union leaders would be brought to justice.
The decision was taken after members of the Khulna Divisional Tank-Lorry Workers Union held a meeting with the district administrator on Tuesday night.
“We have agreed to call off our indefinite strike following the district administrator’s assurance that our demand for the arrest of the attackers will be met. We have given authorities time till Saturday,” Mir Moksed Ali, president of the union, told UNB.
Fuel supplies to 10 districts in Khulna and five in Faridpur were disrupted on Tuesday, as the workers embarked on an indefinite strike over the alleged attack on Al Amin, the line secretary of the union, in the Kashipur Banglar Mor area on Monday.
The strike began around 8am, as the tanker workers refused to refill or transport oil from Padma, Meghna and Jamuna depots, demanding the arrest of the assailants.
Meanwhile, a case was filed against two men and 12 unidentified people at the Khalishpur police station in connection with the assault, following a complaint from the victim’s brother on Monday night, said Md Kamal Hossain, the officer-in-charge.
On Monday, around 12pm, some people attacked Al Amin. He was subsequently admitted to Khulna Medical College and Hospital with severe injuries.
Source: United News of Bangladesh