Cauvery row: Tamil outfit protests inside Karnataka bank over ongoing water dispute

The ongoing Cauvery water dispute between South Indian neighbouring states Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is worsening day by day.

As per police, a Karnataka Bank branch at Puducherry witnessed a ruckus earlier in the day after volunteers of a Tamil fringe outfit barged into the bank, protesting against the ongoing agitations in the neighboring state opposing release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.

The bank staff were taken off guard as around 25 workers of Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi stormed into the branch on Misson Street wielding broomsticks, banged them on the tables and asked the staff to vacate the premises. The panic stricken staff ran helter skelter while the panic-stricken customers rushed out.

Police men, who were deployed in the vicinity were quick to take action by taking the unruly protestors into custody.The bank was closed for a few hours after the incident and later reopened.

However, it was again shut following advice from police earlier, volunteers and leaders of various Tamil outfits came in a procession and staged a demonstration a few meters away from the bank protesting against the Karnataka government and condemned the attack on a Tamil youth by a group of men in Bengaluru for allegedly posting "derogatory" remarks on social media against Kannada film actors.

Besides condemning the ongoing agitations in Karnataka over the Cauvery issue, the protesters shouted slogans against the Karnataka government, alleging that it had failed to protect the properties of Tamils there.