Pro-Maharashtra sign board issue: Kannada outfit leader detained
August 02, 2014  16:29
The leader and activists of Kannada outfit Karnataka Rakshana Vediki were detained at Hubli in north Karnataka today as they were trying to move towards border district of Belgaum to stage a protest on the pro- Maharashtra sign board issue.

Several activists of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, including its President T A Narayana Gowda were detained on the Pune-Bangalore highway near Hubli as they were moving towards Belgaum, from where they had organised march towards Yellur village that witnessed violence over removal of a pro-Maharashtra sign board few days ago.

"If government feels that they can stop our agitation by arresting me it is their foolishness, they can't stop us," Gowda told reporters as he was being detained.
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