The student had also allegedly made comments against the ongoing Cauvery issue in Karnataka however, later he deleted them. A 22-year-old engineering student in Bengaluru was allegedly beaten by a group of people for posting "derogatory" remarks on social media against Kannada film actors. It was alleged that he had also made comments, which were later deleted, against the ongoing Cauvery water agitation in Karnataka on the social media. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has appealed to social media users to not support any hate campaign. It is irresponsible and mischievous to support hate messages of any kind," he has tweeted.

Source: dna September 11, 2016 15:39 UTC