JOIN USThe police have made elaborate security arrangements in southern Bengaluru to prevent untoward incident as garment workers have vowed to stage another on Tuesday.
“We have made all arrangements and deployed more personnel. Ten platoons of KSRP, more than 400 policemen and senior officers, including DCP (Southeast) Dr Boralingaiah will be on duty,” Additional Commissioner of Police (East) P Harishekaran told Deccan Herald.
Senior police officers have decided to visit garment factories in Bommanahalli, Singasandra, Mangammanapalya, Bandepalya, Hulimavu and surrounding areas and address workers on Tuesday. They would also visit Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) officials to discuss the matter, he said. Besides, the police will receive memoranda from workers and forward them to the central government directly.
Harishekaran said that since 85% of the protesters were women, they needed to be careful.
“We didn’t use force directly and resorted to mild caning. The women were convinced and agreed to leave but some drunk people had joined the protest and started throwing stones at policemen.
There were nearly 30 women police officers on the spot and they tried to chase away the female protesters.
A top police source suspect the protest was following a report in a Kannada newspaper about the PF withdrawal rules. Three BMTC buses, a private bus, four police jeeps and a KSRP van were damaged in the incident.