The attempt to hoist a separate statehood flag of Hyderabad Karnataka by members various organisations to boycott Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations was foiled by the police in Kalaburagi city on Wednesday.
Members of the Hyderabad Karnataka Pratyeka Rajya Horata Samiti and a few others, who tried to break the police cordon at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Chowk, were stopped by the police personnel and prevented from hoisting the flags bearing the map of the Hyderabad Karnataka region. Around 20 members of three different organisations were detained by the police, and released later.