Napkin protest is an online protest on social media against the alleged strip search carried on 15 women in Kochi, Kerala by Asma Rubber Products Pvt Ltd.
On December 10, 2014, 15 female employees of Asma Rubber Products Pvt Ltd, a glove manufacturing company located in Cochin Special Economic Zone (CSEZ), were strip searched by two women supervisors after a used sanitary napkin was found inside the toilet. Those employees who protested against strip search were threatened with sacking.
Following the protest in social media, a probe has been ordered into the incident and High Court would hear the case on January 2, 2014.
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