Scores of activists of Federation of Karnataka Farmers’ Associations were arrested by the police in Mysuru on Friday, September 22, when they tried to barge into the Mysuru Zilla Panchayat premises to gherao Minister for Urban Development Byrathi Suresh over the State government’s handling of the Cauvery dispute.
The farmers, who had gathered outside the Mysuru Zilla Panchayat premises ahead of the meeting, made a vain bid to gherao the Minister as the police prevented their entry into the venue. After a round of altercation with the police, the farmers were taken away in a police vehicle, but were later released.
