Agitating members of the Banjara community on Monday targeted BJP strongman B S Yediyurappa’s house in Shikaripura town of this district and resorted to stone-pelting during a protest against the internal reservation for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) announced by the state government. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC have been imposed in the town.

Police used batons to disperse the large number of protesters. Some members of the community were injured. Police were taken by surprise as the agitators, mostly youths, gathered near Yediyurappa’s house and started hurling stones.