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Agitating Karnataka farmers attack legislator's house

Sadananda R in Chamarajanagar

Karnataka farmers protesting the release of Cauvery water from the state's reservoirs to Tamil Nadu attacked the residence of the Pandavapura legislator Kempe Gowda on Tuesday afternoon.

No one was injured in the attack. Pandavapura is a block headquarters in the Mandya district.

But the mob vandalised his house.

The Cauvery River Protection Committee, which met in Mandya on Tuesday morning, decided to go continue with its agitation till the government stopped the release of water.

The president of the committee, G Made Gowda, accused the government of using 'high-handed tactics' to 'muzzle' the agitation.

He called upon the farmers to continue with the roadblocks and bandh. The farmers are also continuing their jail baro agitation at the Krishna Raja Sagar dam and the Kabini reservoir.

Some farmers tried to barge into the Kabini reservoir, but were prevented by the police

In Mysore, farmers' associations and other pro-Kannada activists staged a demonstration against the government, violating prohibitory orders imposed under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Protesting activists were arrested by the police and later released.

In Bangalore, the police clamped prohibitory order in and around the city till October 31.

City police commissioner M D Singh told said the order was issued as a precautionary measure.

With inputs from Fakir Chand in Bangalore

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