Four confined by brickfield owners in Satkhira rescued
Police rescued four brick kiln labourers from captivity at a house of Braja Baksa village in Kalaroa upazila under Satkhira district on Friday.Photo: STAR
Police on Friday rescued four labourers who were allegedly confined to a house at village Braja Baksa in Kalaroa upazila. They were locked allegedly for the last three days by brickfield owners in a room of a house owned by Syed Ali Gharami as they demanded their 'just' wages. Police, however, could not arrest Abdul Haque and Hafizur Rahman, owners of Helatala Hawa Brickfield in Kalaroa upazila. The rescued labourers are Abul Hossain, 40, son of Monsur Rahman, Akhtaruzzaman, 25, son of Golam Kha, Nuruzzaman, 25, son of Nur Islam and Hafizur Rahman, 22, son of Kawsar Ali of village Dumuria in Shyamnagar upazila. The victims said, Ansar Ali and Ruhul Quddus, labour leaders at the brickfield collected them from Dumuria village with a promise to give them Tk 300 each per day. They started to work at the brickfield. But after a few days, the labour leaders left the brickfield as the owners refused to pay the promised wages. After a few days, the four labourers demanded Tk 300 for each day's work and locked in a quarrel with the owners of the brickfield. Over the issue, the owners locked them forcibly in a small room at village Braja Baksa on February 15. Acting on a tip-off, police rescued the victims from the house by breaking open the lock at about 5pm on Friday. Victim Abul Hossain alleged that they were beaten up regularly and given little food and drinking water. A case was filed with Kalaroa police station accusing four people including the two owners of the brickfield. Contacted, officer in-charge (OC) of Kalaroa PS Subhas Biswas said they were trying to arrest the culprits.
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