Two FIRs filed after violence erupts during township survey near Bengaluru

Published 14 July 2026 · local

Karnataka Police have registered two FIRs against farmers protesting the proposed Bidadi AI Township project after violence broke out during a land acquisition survey in

Karnataka Police have registered two FIRs against farmers protesting the proposed Bidadi AI Township project after violence broke out during a land acquisition survey in Ramanagara district, leaving a police inspector and a survey official injured. According to the complaint filed by Ramanagara Rural Police Inspector Murali, he was deployed on law and order duty on July 13 during a land acquisition survey in the Byramangala and Kanchugaranahalli Gram Panchayat limits under the jurisdiction of Bidadi Police Station. Read Full Story The complaint states that a survey team comprising Survey Head Mahesh, Civil Engineer Nishchit, Forest Department official Rohini, Horticulture Department official Manjunath and GMC Head Keerthana arrived at Survey No. 3/2 in Mandalahalli village, Bidadi Hobli, in an Innova and a Tata Sumo to conduct the land survey.

At around 2.30 pm, a group of farmers opposing the land acquisition allegedly gathered at the site carrying stones and broomsticks, obstructed the survey and prevented officials from carrying out their work. The complainant alleged that the protesters abused officials, threatened them with dire consequences and warned that they would not be allowed to leave alive. The FIR further alleges that the farmers attacked members of the survey team with stones and broomsticks. When police personnel intervened, Inspector Murali alleged that he was threatened and struck on the head with a stone in an attempt to kill him. Survey team member Mahesh also sustained injuries, while the complainant later underwent treatment at Ramanagara District Hospital.

Police also alleged that the protesters damaged the Tata Sumo and Innova by smashing their window glasses. Based on the complaint, police have invoked multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Section 109(1) for attempt to murder, Sections 189(2) and 190 relating to unlawful assembly, Section 126(2) for obstructing a public servant, Sections 351 and 352 for criminal intimidation and intentional insult, Sections 115(2) and 118(1) for causing hurt, Sections 132 and 133 for assaulting public servants on duty, and Section 74 relating to assault against a woman. The latest FIR comes after an earlier case was registered over the same incident, with both complaints alleging that protesting farmers attacked survey officials and police personnel during the land acquisition exercise linked to the proposed AI township project.