At least 20 garment workers were injured in a clash with law enforcers on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar this morning.

The workers of Fa Apparels Ltd also vandalised windowpanes and some furniture at the factory building at Hemayetpur protesting closure of their factory and non-payment of arrears.

Around 400 workers took to the highway around 9:00am blocking vehicular movements for half an hour in the morning rush hour, said Shahid Ullah, senior assistant director of Ashulia Industrial Police.

The clash erupted as the workers continued demonstration defying police request to free the road, reports our Savar correspondent quoting the police official.

At least 20 people were injured when police charged truncheons on the clashing workers.  

On January 25, the workers demonstrated on the highway as the authorities allegedly paid the salary of December to some workers before shutting the factory January 22.

Later, the authority announced to pay the salary to the rest of the workers at 9:00am today, the police official added.

As none of the owners appeared before the workers till 9:00am today, the workers vandalised windowpanes and some of the furniture of the factory and took to the highway.