Dhaka: Garment workers went on a berserk in the city’s Malibagh Chowdhurypara area on Tuesday following the death of two female colleagues, torching one bus and damaging an unspecific number of vehicles.

The victims were identified as Meem Akhter, 13, and Nahid Parveen Poly, 19, workers of MH Garments Factory, reports the UNB.

A Gazipur-bound bus of ‘Suprabhat Paribahan’ hit them while they were crossing the road near Abul Hotel around 1:30pm.

Meem died on the spot and Parveen was seriously injured, said police Sergeant Shuvo Kumar Dey.

Parveen was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors pronounced her dead, said sub-inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.

Police seized the bus and arrested the driver, he added.

As the death news spread around, garment workers took to the streets and started damaging whatever they got in their reach.

They torched one bus and damaged an unspecific number of vehicles, forcing the police to suspend traffic on both carriageways of the road.

A UNB journalist who came to office on foot for want of vehicles in the area saw 11 damaged buses, including an air-conditioned one, stranded on the west carriageway of the road from Hajipara CNG Refilling Station to Padma Movie House.

Besides, the broken glasses of vehicles were found on both sides of the road from the mouth of Wapda Road in Rampura to the Padma Movie House.