Pro-Kannada groups call for `Karnataka bandh`

Police have deployed Home Guards along with the City Armed Reserve unit as a precautionary measure to ensure that the bandh is observed peacefully

A protestor raises slogans at Town Hall in Bengaluru. Some activists staged a demonstration at the bus stand at Majestic in the state capital

Despite the bandh call, shops were seen open in Bengaluru

However, in Chikkamagaluru, the roads wore a deserted look

Bengaluru Police chief B Dayananda said no detentions have been made. The protestors taking out a rally or procession have been taken to Freedom Park