Prohibitory orders clamped in five taluks in Dakshina Kannada till May 30
In-charge Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada, K. Anandh, on Tuesday, clamped prohibitory orders in the Bantwal, Belthangady, Puttur, Kadaba, and Sullia taluks of Dakshina Kannada from 6 p.m. on Tuesday to 6 p.m. on Friday.
The orders were issued to maintain law and order in view of the murder of a youth near Kolattamajalu in Bantwal taluk under Bantwal Rural Police Station limits on Tuesday evening.
The orders were imposed under Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and will be in force under the jurisdiction of the Dakshina Kannada district police.
Gathering of five or more persons in public places, holding procession, public meetings and functions without police permission during the period is banned. People should not carry any firearms or burst crackers during the period.
The orders stated that people should not engage in any activity that would disturb communal harmony in the district during the period.
Cultural programmes and already scheduled religious programmes have been exempted from the ban. The orders will not apply to government programmes.
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