Summary:
Madikeri: A day after the district nearly shut down completely on the occasion of Tipu Jayanti , tension continued to prevail in the hilly district of Kodagu on Sunday after miscreants torched an auto in Sunticoppa town. Prakash’s auto was set ablaze on a night when a protest was held against Marijuana peddlers. Meanwhile, security continued to remain tight across Kodagu on Sunday.Police said that an auto owned by a Sunticoppa resident Shivamani was set ablaze in the wee hours of Sunday.“Shivamani, a resident of Madapur Road parked his auto close to his home. On waking up, they found that the auto was set on fire. Incensed by the incident, residents of Sunticoppa staged a protest and warned of calling for a bandh in the district if police failed to act against the miscreants..