In March 2025, it was reported that National Garment Workers' Federation (NGWF) union leaders in Bangladesh, Kabir Hossain, joint secretary of the National Garment Workers’ Federation (NGWF), union president Khairuzzaman Sabuj and general secretary Nur Habib of the union at the Polo Composite Knit Industries were unlawfully detained over a false case filed by Polo Composite Knit Industries.

The arrests came four days after protests at the factory on 8 March 2025 against unpaid wages and illegal dismissals, where proposed union committee members were physically assaulted and illegally terminated. The factory has a previous history of harassing and intimidating proposed union committee members since NGWF began unionising efforts in the factory.

In July 2025, Business & Human Rights Resource Cente invited Polo Composite Knit Industries to respond. It did not.