MUMBAI/BENGALURU: Six trucks from Maharashtra were allegedly attacked by the Kannada Rakshana Vedike upon entering Karnataka in Belagavi district on Tuesday, leading to a sharp escalation in the inter-state border row between the two BJP-ruled states.
The violence erupted near Hirebagewadi, 24 km from Belagavi, with Vedike activists pelting stones at the buses, a day after the Karnataka government issued prohibitory orders barring a two-member team of Maharashtra ministers from entering the district.