Garment workers demand justice for rape victim

Bangladesh Garments Sramik Shanghati staged demonstration demanding justice for rape victim. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh Garments Sramik Shanghati staged demonstration demanding justice for rape victim. Photo: UNB

The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Garments Sramik Shanghati on Friday staged demonstrations in the city demanding justice for a female RMG worker who was allegedly gang raped in Ashulia recently, reports UNB. 


They formed a human-chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club at 11:00am, said a press release.

Shanghati president Taslima Aktar, its general secretary Julhasnayeen Babu, organising secretary Aminul Islam Shama also spoke at the programme among others.

Earlier on Wednesday, five people allegedly gang raped the garment worker after confining her husband to a room in Jamgora area of Ashulia as they reportedly failed to pay their house rent.