More than fifty workers at a garment factory in Tongi, Gazipur, fell ill on Monday afternoon following what doctors described as a mass panic attack. The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. at the Garments Export Village, a unit of the Mtranet Group on Meghna Road. The affected workers were taken to Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master General Hospital and nearby facilities for treatment, with seventeen later transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital. The factory declared a one-day closure following the incident.

According to hospital emergency physician Dr. Nafiza Sharmin, most of the workers were suffering from panic attack-related symptoms, including breathing difficulties and physical weakness. Industrial Police Inspector Azad Rahman said police were dispatched to the site and were in contact with factory authorities to gather more details. Workers reported that the illness began on the fifth floor and spread quickly as panic set in among other floors.

Authorities are continuing to monitor the situation while treatment for the affected workers is ongoing.