KPRS members stage protest in Hassan to save land of poor farmers
The Hindu
They accuse some influential people of forcibly evicting eight families who had been cultivating 16 acres of land at K. Chowdenahalli in Channarayapatna taluk
Members of the Hassan district unit of Karnataka Prantha Raita Sangha staged a protest in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner in Hassan on February 14 alleging that influential people were forcibly evicting eight families who had been cultivating 16 acres of land at K. Chowdenahalli in Channarayapatna taluk.
The protestors said eight families had been cultivating two acres each for the last 40 years. They were granted land in 1994-95. The cultivators have land records in their names. They had drilled borewells and obtained bank loans by mortgaging the land. However, a few influential people had allegedly been trying to take over their land by creating false records in collusion with a few officers of the Revenue Department.
KPRS district president H.R. Naveen Kumar and others submitted a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner R. Girish seeking justice for the poor farmers.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.