Kannada literary organisation meet disrupted

Members of a Tamil outfit today disrupted a meeting of a Kannada literary organisation, to protest the alleged beating of a 22-year-old Tamil youth in Bengaluru over his Facebook post on Cauvery issue, police said.
Members of the Thanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhakam reached the hall where a meeting of the Samakalina Kannada Ilakiyam was scheduled and raised slogans stating that they will not allow the meeting to be conducted as a Tamil youth was allegedly beaten by Kannada activists in Bengaluru recently over a Facebook post on Cauvery issue.
They tore the banner of the Ilakiyam put up in front of the hall. They dispersed after police reached the spot. The meeting was also cancelled after the incident, police said.

Meanwhile, some members of All India Youth Federation were arrested for attempting to stage rail roko at the railway station here, protesting against the Kerala government's move to construct a dam across Siruvani, police said.
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Meanwhile, PMK leaderS ramdoss urged the Karnataka government to take severe action against those who attacked a Tamil youth in Bengaluru for expressing his opinion on Cauvery.

In a statement he said the some people in Karnataka had attacked the business establishments of Tamils, and now they were attacking the Tamils.
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CPI also condemned the attack on Tamils and their establishments in Karnataka by some groups and charged the Karnataka government with remaining silent despite violence.

The party's state leader Mutharasan said in a release here that despite the Supreme Court order to release water, there were forces in Karnataka opposed to it and to Tamil Nadu getting its due share of water.
The centre and Karnataka governments should take strong action against such elements and protect the Tamils and their establishments, he said.
The Tamil Nadu government should also convene an all party meeting to discuss the issue, he said.