The Yadgir Police on Tuesday took 30 activists of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, a pro-Kannada organization of the Narayanagowda faction, into preventive custody during their protest on the main road in Yadgir demanding the use of 60% Kannada in signage in commercial establishments.
The activists took out a procession from Mailapur Base via Gandhi Circle, Hattikuni Circle, Ambedkar Circle, Shastri Circle and Subhas Circle and thereafter, wanted to proceed to the Deputy Commissioner’s office. After they crossed Subhas Circle, the police took them into preventive custody.
According to the police, the activists damaged English signage boards of commercial shops during their continued protest despite the request from the police to discontinue the protest.