Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Police have deployed sound grenades to disperse factory workers who blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Gazipur's Sreepur to demand back pay.

Workers of C Stage BD Limited took up positions on the highway in the MC Bazar area of Mulaid village around 8:30am on Thursday, said Gazipur Industrial Police-2 Superintendent Mohammad Amjad Hossain.

Traffic resumed about an hour later after police used several sound grenades to clear the road, he said.

Protesting workers Tariqul, Mafuz and Hasmat Ali said they had previously demonstrated on Oct 10 over unpaid September wages.

They said the factory authorities had promised to clear the arrears by Oct 13 but failed to make the payment.

The workers alleged that the authorit...