The protesters in Bengaluru also demanded appropriate compensation for Santhosh Rao, who was falsely accused in the 2012 rape and murder case and was jailed for six years before being acquitted.
The Bengaluru bench of Authority of Advance Ruling has stated that hostels are not considered the same as regular houses, so they will not be exempted from GST.
The action follows an incident on Thursday, July 27, where a flight bound for Hyderabad departed without Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot, who was scheduled to board the aircraft.