The District Administration have imposed an indefinite curfew in Sambalpur and extended the ban on Internet services, as precautionary measures, in wake of fresh violence in Sambalpur, the police said on Saturday.
Pravash Chandra Dandasana, the Sub Collector and Sub-district Magistrate of Sadar, Sambalpur in an official order on Friday said that the decision was taken after "receiving input on the current situation prevailing in Sambalpur town area."
After a clash broke out between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress supporters on April 6, section 144 of Crpc on Friday has been imposed in the Shorapur constituency of Yadgir district for two days.
"In exercise of the powers conferred upon me under Section 144 Cr. PC, I, B.S. Sohliya, IAS, District Magistrate, West Jaintia Hills District do hereby imposed CURFEW in Sahsniang, village with immediate effect and until further orders," the order stated.
"As #BharatJodoYatra enters Srinagar, Modi Govt has clamped down to stop people from participating. Entire Srinagar has virtual curfew. No movement of people or vehicles allowed 1st, the security lapse, and now a clampdown," Congress General Secretary said in a tweet on Sunday.
A night curfew has been imposed along the International border in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir in view of the increasing movement of terrorists on the border, informed officials on Wednesday.
CM Yogi said that Bareilly is no longer known as a city where riots and subsequent curfews for months were a regular happening and live wires posed a threat to people's lives.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday during his public rally in Ahmedabad said that after 2002, Gujarat had been a safe place as not a single day of curfew has been imposed and that Congress, incites communal riots, has no right to talk about peace.