Chennai: A group of unidentified assailants attacked the New Woodlands Hotel in Mylapore over the ongoing Cauvery row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, police said on Monday.
“Around 3.15 a.m., a group came to the hotel and damaged glass panels. It seems the group attacked the hotel in protest against Karnataka’s attitude in release of Cauvery river water,” said a police official.
The group was armed with wooden sticks and iron rods. A hotel employee confirmed the incident, adding that no person was injured in the attack.
The attackers left a note in Tamil, which said: “If Tamilians living in Karnataka continue to be assaulted, their (Kannadigas) businesses here will continue to suffer. There are Kannadigas living here as well. Be warned.”
Elsewhere in Tamil Nadu, a group of protests in Rameshwaram smashed windscreens and window of buses and cars bearing Karnataka number plates. The protests by Tamil groups are in response to the dissent by farmers and pro-Kannada outfits in several parts of Karnatak on the Cauvery issue and the Supreme Court directive ordering Karantaka to release 15000 cusecs for 10 days.
On Friday, there was shut down in Karnataka protesting the release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu.
