A man also died Tuesday of injuries he suffered while trying to escape baton-wielding police the day before, officials said. Police said buses and lorries were escorted till the border.
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“This order is the most hard to follow”.
An executive committee meeting of the Omnibus Owners’ Association resolved not to allow the functioning of any ticket-booking offices of Karnataka private buses in TN till their demands were met. “It will be a violation of the Constitution”, he told reporters here.
He said the first order passed on September 5 itself was hard and yesterday’s was “most difficult” to follow.
An immediate appointment had been sought and “probably we will get it tomorrow”.
With protests escalating in the wake of Cauvery water dispute that escalated between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the Bengaluru Police yesterday imposed Section 144 of the CRPC, meaning that no more than five people will be allowed to gather in public places in the city.
In the meantime, protests are going on in Tamil Nadu too. Police are conducting combing operations in several sensitive areas and dispersing assembled crowds.
Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah has assured that he would deal with such violent protests with an iron hand.
Violence was been reported from both the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka since the interim verdict on Cauvery was passed.
“Until now we have detained almost 200 people involved in the violent protests”, the state home minister said.
“We are working today”, said Sarah Gideon, spokeswoman for Infosys.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah appealed to citizens to maintain peace.
Normalcy returned to violence-hit Bengaluru on Wednesday after a day of uneasy calm following large-scale violence over the raging Cauvery water sharing row with neighbouring Tamil Nadu. The situation turned grave on the ground when two persons were killed recently during the protests.
Sidddaramaiah held consultations with senior Congress leaders from the state on the prevailing situation.
The Prime Minister added that he is pained at the developments. He said that the ongoing violence in the state was because the state had failed to implement the apex court’s orders, which were modified on Monday. His role is important for peaceful settlement of the dispute, he said. There was heavy police presence across the city and very few vehicles were on the road.
A Reuters witness said many shops remained shuttered on Tuesday and fire trucks were outside a major shopping mall, which was closed and had netting draped from its walls, apparently for protection.
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“No transport vehicle is going Karnataka since past 3-4 days”.
