On 18 and 19 April, thousands of garment workers, most of whom are women in Bengaluru took to the streets to protest recent revisions in the central government’s employee savings policies. Garment workers blockaded highways leading to Electronic City and the Peenya Industrial Area. Some of the protests turned violent. Protesters threw stones at private vehicles and offices, attacked a police station in Hebbagodi, and set public buses on fire. Police officials used baton-charges and teargas to disperse protesters on both days. Scores of protesters and police officials have been injured. Journalists covering the demonstrations said that the police did not differentiate between peaceful and violent protesters. Women garment workers said they saw the police beating and abusing peaceful protesters. One woman garment worker who took part in a protest in Peenya. civil society & public demand investigations against allegations of arbitrary and abusive force against women protesters.