Kundapur: People of Amasebailu GP staged protest condemning assault on taxi driver Manjunath Kulal at Tamil Nadu over Cauvery dispute, at Amasebailu on Tuesday.

Locals are alleging that the government is not responding to the issue properly. It has not taken the issue seriously. The people who went to TN are suffering physically and mentally.

“The government should provide proper security to the people who are in TN and also compensation should be given to the victim,” said locals.

Protestors marched to the Amasebailu station and submitted memorandum to SI Sudarshan.

They have also threatened to call for Kundapur bundh if Manjunath Kulal and others with him are not brought back to Karnataka safely.

Manunath Kulal’s brother Dinesh Kulal, R Naveenchandra Shetty, taxi drivers, auto drivers and goods vehicle drivers were present.