Bengaluru, June 15 -- Tension prevailed in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur after a group of farmers staged a protest outside a Bharat Petroleum fuel station, alleging that petrol and diesel were being denied to them in plastic cans used for agricultural purposes.

The protest erupted near the District Administrative Complex, where farmers gathered in large numbers and expressed their anger against the fuel station management. The agitating farmers claimed that fuel is essential for operating agricultural equipment and questioned the decision to refuse petrol and diesel sales in plastic containers.

Farmers arrived at the fuel station with tractors and power tillers and engaged in a heated argument with fuel station owner Sandeep. They insisted...