<p>The indefinite protest against the move of the Forest department to evict farmers from Inam land entered the sixth day on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A couple of protesters - Hemant of Balige village and Manjunath of Mujekan village poured kerosene over themselves in a bid to set themselves afire. But the other protesters stopped them from going ahead and poured water on them.<br /><br />The duo attempted suicide when they came to know that the Forest department had planned to evict farmer Neyappan of Hebbale village from his land.<br /><br />The protesters then marched towards the office of the deputy commissioner to lay siege to it. The police barricaded the area to stop the agitators in their tracks.<br /><br />Deputy Commissioner B S Shekarappa went to the protestors to listen to their grievances. He said the interests of farmers would be protected.<br /></p>
<p>The indefinite protest against the move of the Forest department to evict farmers from Inam land entered the sixth day on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A couple of protesters - Hemant of Balige village and Manjunath of Mujekan village poured kerosene over themselves in a bid to set themselves afire. But the other protesters stopped them from going ahead and poured water on them.<br /><br />The duo attempted suicide when they came to know that the Forest department had planned to evict farmer Neyappan of Hebbale village from his land.<br /><br />The protesters then marched towards the office of the deputy commissioner to lay siege to it. The police barricaded the area to stop the agitators in their tracks.<br /><br />Deputy Commissioner B S Shekarappa went to the protestors to listen to their grievances. He said the interests of farmers would be protected.<br /></p>
