Overview
- Tractors and trolleys loaded with cane were set ablaze inside the Godavari Biorefineries caneyard at Sameerwadi near Mudhol during a large protest over prices.
- Police estimated at least 15 of roughly 100 vehicles were burned or damaged, while video and local reports suggested higher counts in the caneyard.
- Bagalkot authorities barred protests and public gatherings in Jamkhandi, Rabkavi-Banahatti and Mudhol until the morning of November 16 under the new BNSS provisions.
- Farmer leaders denied involvement in the torching and blamed unidentified miscreants, as officers reported stone-pelting that injured several people including the Additional SP.
- Karnataka growers are demanding ₹3,500 per tonne; the state set ₹3,300, and the Sugar Minister said 13 mills submitted documents claiming payouts of ₹3,400–₹3,600.