The KPN bus depot here glowed orange as flames leapt up and smoke engulfed the sky.
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In the nearby city of Mysore, several vehicles were set ablaze and mobs of young men roamed the streets wielding iron rods, smashing windows of shops owned by people from Tamil Nadu.
A woman TV journalist and her cameraman were also beaten up by protesters during the violence in the tech city.
Bangalore City Police confirmed on Twitter that Section 144 was imposed which would last till September 14.
Meanwhile security had been tightened across the city to prevent attacks over the Cauvery issue and in view of Eid on Tuesday, said Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwar. Siddaramaiah has called an emergency meeting of his cabinet at 11 am on Tuesday.
The Siddaramaiah government asked Tamil Nadu to protect Kannadigas while assuring to safeguard Tamils in the state.
Karnataka said that while water storage in its Krishna Raja Sagara Dam was depleting, the storage level in Mettur reservoir in Tamil Nadu was increasing. Rampaging mobs set afire at least 30 vehicles bearing Tamil Nadu number plates.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condemned attack on Kannada speaking people in Tamil Nadu and damage of the properties belonging to people of Karnataka in Tamil Nadu and urged Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to initiate strict action against the miscreants.
He said a large number of people from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu live in the other state and have been making significant contributions to the development of the state of their choice of living.
Offices and eateries were shut as panic spread after the Supreme Court order.
The IT hub in Karnataka witnessed angry mobs vandalising public properties and business establishment following the Supreme Court’s order that modified its earlier verdict of releasing 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu.
In Mandya district, the epicentre of the Cauvery agitation, the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway was blocked. Police have been deployed in Tamil populated areas like Tanary road, Hegde Nagar, Sri Rampura and Kalasi Palyam.
Chennai police have arrested four members of the Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) for the arson attack on the hotel.
Security outside a Karnataka Bank branch in Chennai on Monday in the wake of protests against the release of water from the river Cauvery.
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A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and U.U. Lalit held an urgent hearing after Karnataka moved an application seeking abeyance of the SC order for a week and also a modification. The court will hear the matter next on September 20. He said such violence can’t be justified on any ground and particularly, after the direction of the Supreme Court.
