Bandh to protest rape disrupts life in B’lore

Large parts of the city were devoid of the hustle and bustle of a working day, with buses running with fewer passengers, most commercial establishments and shopping malls closed and a section of autorickshaw drivers staying off the roads.

Attendance in the state secretariat, Vidhana Soudha, was badly affected while most private schools and colleges declared a holiday. IT firms and banks functioned normally, officials and police said.

Essential services were normal as they were exempt from the dawn-to-dusk bandh called by ‘Kannada Okoota (federation).