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Chaos grips Bengaluru as garment workers stage protests

Vehicles were set on fire, stones pelted as garment workers continue protests.

By :  naren pulloor
Update: 2016-04-19 13:01 GMT
The ongoing protests in Bengaluru against the Centre's new norms on Provident Fund withdrawal escalated on Tuesday with widespread arson and violence in the peripheral areas of the city, mainly the highways that lead to the city. (Photo: PTI))
In Bommanahalli, several vehicles were set on fire. Safety concerns mounted as goods vehicle carrying as many as 15 LPG domestic cylinder were among the vehicles that were set ablaze. (Photo: Twitter: @SangrmMohapatra)
Protestors attacked the BIOCON office in Electronics City and vandalized several parts of the city like Gottigere, Electronics City, Singsandra, Boomanahalli, Goreguntapalya, Tumuru, HSR Layout, Bellandur Gate, Sarjapur, Hulimavu.
The situation ran out of control as police failed to reign in mobs who gathered in several places.
Police used tear gas shells and lathicharge to disperse the protesters in Gottogere and Hebbagodi.
Garment factory workers were most vocal in their protests. They gathered in thousands on Hosur Road, Tumkur Road and Bannerghatta and Mysore roads leading to traffic pile up running into several kilometres.
Under the changed rules, people can withdraw only a part of their Provident Fund before retirement.
The workers demanded the rollback of changes in rules governing their Provident Fund.
Six women in different areas suffered injuries as police resorted to lathicharge and firing tear gas shells to disperse the protesting workers.
An angry mob also vandalised Hebbagodi police station.
Four buses were torched, several private vehicles damaged.
Vehicles were set on fire, stones pelted as garment workers continue protests.

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