Oil supply to 15 dists suspended as tank-lorry workers on strike

PBC News:  Supply of fuel oil has been restricted to 15 districts, including Khulna division, as tank-lorry workers went on an indefinite strike from Tuesday protesting attack on their leader Al Amin.

Following the strike, oil extraction and transportation at Padma Meghna Jamuna depot in the city’s Khalishpur was suspended.

As part of the protest programme, the workers have been staging demonstration blocking roads from the morning.

The tank-lorry workers said coming on motorcycles, seven to eight miscreants attacked Al Amin when he was coming out of his house in Khalishpur on Monday noon. They hacked him indiscriminately.

Locals rushed Al Amin, the association’s line secretary, to Khulna Medical College Hospital.

The victim’s brother Jahangir Hossain filed a case with Khalishpur Police Station on Monday night accusing some 10-12 people.

Khulna Divisional Tank Lorry Workers’ Association  president Mir Moksed Ali demanded arrest and  punishment of the attackers, saying the protesting workers kept oil extraction suspended at Padna Meghna Jamuna depot from this morning.

The strike will continue until their demand is met.