The town of Virajpet is the second town of the district of Kodagu, in Karnataka. It is the main town of the Virajpet taluka, in the south of the district. The name is an abbreviation of Virarajendrapet, and this latter form is still sometimes used. Kodagu (popularly know as Coorg) is a district of Karnataka state, India. ... Karnataka or KarnÄtakÄ (ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ in Kannada) is one of the four southern states of India. ... A taluka is an administrative division in India below a district; called tahsil/tehsil in northern India. ...
The agitators, who wanted to lock the entrance of the department's office in Virajpet, alleged that the officials are demanding bribe from the owners to release the vehicles.
C.S. Arun Machaiah, MLC; V.A. Venkatesh, president of the Virajpet Taluk Panchayat; and Katti Mandaiah, president of the Sarvajanjika Hitarakshana Vedike, visited the spot to assess the situation.
Machaiah spoke to the Deputy Conservator of Forests to clarify the situation.
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