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22 May 2017

Author:
Pheba Mathew, Newsminute

India: Six women rescued from Tamil Nadu garment factory after assault by warden and guard

Six young women working in a garment factory in Udumalpet in Tirupur district were allegedly beaten up as they tried to escape from a factory-run hostel. People living in the area, beat up the guard and warden who were assaulting the women and rescued them...The police however have a different version. Speaking to The News Minute, Saravanan, inspector of Madathakulam police station said, “All the girls are above the age of 18 and they wanted to work in some other company in Tirupur. When they asked the warden, she told them, she can send them only if their parents came. After which, the girls tried to escape from the hostel.”