When contacted, Awalad Hussain claimed that he was not present at the site of the incident but was busy in his office during the incident. However, he admitted that he owned a firearm with a proper license and that he could not carry the weapon in public in this manner.
Mahfuzur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Pallabi police station, said he was not aware of firing on the protesting RMG factory workers. They have no information about who attacked the workers.