Bagalkot: The protest by farmers demanding a price of Rs 3,500 per tonne of sugarcane from factory owners turned violent on Thursday, with agitators torching more than 50 tractors loaded with sugarcane in Bagalkot district, Karnataka.

The incident was reported from Sanganakatti Cross near Mahalingapura town, close to Mudhol. It is estimated that thousands of tonnes of sugarcane were gutted in the fire.

The state government had fixed the price of sugarcane at Rs 3,300 per tonne after holding meetings with both farmers and factory owners.

According to preliminary reports, the agitating farmers were attempting to lay siege to the Sugar Factory located near Sydapura, near Mudhol town on the Mahalingapura–Nippani road. At one point, a group of agitators set fire to the tractors loaded with s

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