Violence and arson gripped Bengaluru city and many other parts of Karnataka, amid protests against a Supreme Court judgement ordering Karnataka to share waters from the river Cauvery with neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Violence and arson gripped Bengaluru city and many other parts of Karnataka, amid protests against a Supreme Court judgement ordering Karnataka to share waters from the river Cauvery with neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Anger over the judgement escalated after a video of a van driver being beaten up by a fringe group in Tamil Nadu was circulated on Monday. The NHRC notice came a day after the Supreme Court directed Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to maintain law and order and control protests against the court’s interim rulings on the Cauvery water sharing dispute. On Monday, miscreants in the guise of pro-Karnataka activists, took to the streets burning Tamil Nadu registered vehicles and attacking businesses owned by people from that state.

Source: Mint September 18, 2016 16:07 UTC