Bengaluru police have imposed curfew in 16 police station areas, a day after one person was killed and another injured in police firing in Karnataka as the Cauvery water sharing row with Tamil Nadu turned violent, escalating tensions between the two states.
As Bengaluru witnessed widespread violence bringing it on the edge, curfew was imposed in 16 police station limits.
Police said Rajgopal Nagar, Kamakshipalya, Vijaynagar, Byatarayanpura Kengeri, Magadi Road, Rajajinagar, RR Nagara, KP Agrahara Chandra layout, Yeshwanathapura, Mahalakshmi layout, Peenya, RMC Yard, Nandini Layout and Jnanabharathi are under curfew.
Following the ongoing unrest, central forces have been deployed to assist the city police to maintain law and order.
The central forces include Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the Railway Protection Force.
The Bengaluru Police said the situation in the city is is totally calm, adding strict action would be taken against vandals or miscreants.
The police said as many as 15,000 police men and officers have been deployed all over the city and around 270 Hoysala vehicles are deployed which act like police outposts.
Widespread violence erupted in Bangaluru and some other parts of Karnataka, while sporadic trouble was witnessed in Tamil Nadu following Supreme Court's modified order on sharing Cauvery water by the two riparian states.