Scores of farmers were rounded up by the police and whisked away as they tried to stage a dharna in front of the residence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the city on Thursday.
The farmers led by Kurubur Shanthakumar, president, Karnataka Sugarcane Cultivators Association, had given a 10-day deadline to the State government seeking an upward revision in the support price for the crop failing which they had announced to stage a dharna.
The police had barricaded all roads leading to Mr. Siddaramaiah’s residence at Sharada Devi Nagar and security had been beefed up in and around the area. As Mr. Shanthakumar and other farmers tried to barge through the barricade and assemble and sit on a dharna in front of the CM’s house, they were overpowered by the police and whisked away from the scene.
