State transport buses to Karnataka were suspended after pro-Kannada activists attacked an MSRTC bus. The Karnataka state transport conductor was also assaulted for not responding in Marathi, leading to arrests and a counter-case under the POCSO Act. Authorities are investigating both incidents amidst regional tensions in Belagavi.
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