The Press Trust of India news agency said police gunfire killed one protester and wounded another in India’s information technology hub of Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka state, where rampaging mobs set fire to dozens of buses, trucks and cars and attacked shops and businesses. It is not written that it belongs to Karnataka, it belongs to us too.
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Damodaran said he also brought to the notice of the chief minister the “provocative” statement of Narayana Gowda who is heading “Karnataka Rakshana Vedike”.
The state Chief Secretary and Director General of Police had spoken to their Tamil Nadu counterparts and asked them to ensure stern action against the culprits and that such incidents did not recur, Siddaramaiah told reporters in Bengaluru.
Earlier, on September 11, 2016, a Tamil Nadu youth aged 22 was beaten to pulp in Bhanshankari area for insulting Kannada actors including Shivarajkumar through Facebook.
Several vehicles with Tamil Nadu registration number were damaged on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, police said. The Woodlands Hotel was bombed and a youth was brutally thrashed in Bengaluru on Sunday for a derogatory post on the Cauvery water dispute in which he had criticised Kannada film stars. The state has also approached Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. At least 35 buses of a private transport operator from Tamil Nadu torched by an angry mob at its depot at Nayandahalli.
In view of the brewing tension, inter-state buses with Tamil Nadu registration suspended services to the neighbouring state.
The Centre has rushed ten companies comprising one thousand personnel of the special anti-riot paramilitary force to the state to tackle the violent situation.
Expressing concern over the “serious situation in Karnataka”, Ms Jayalalithaa requested him to take immediate and effective action to provide all necessary protection and security to ensure that no harm is caused to the person and property of Tamil-speaking people in Karnataka.
The order created Violence conflicts between the two states.
Schools and Colleges in Mandya, the epicentre of Cauvery protests schools and colleges have declared holiday till 14 September as a precautionary measure.
This was a modification of its own September 5 order when the apex court had directed release of 15,000 cusecs for 10 days to better the plight of farmers of the neighbouring state.
Modifying its September 5 order, the apex Courtyesterday asked the KarnatakaGovernment to release to release 12,000 cusecs of Cauvery River water every day to Tamil Nadutill September 20.
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With situation getting tense in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu as protests escalate over the Cauvery water issue, senior advocate KTS Tulsi on Tuesday urged both the state governments to ensure safety of citizens and dispel rumours which are now ruling the roost.
