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Prohibitory orders lifted from most areas in North Tripura district as law-and-order situation improves

The suspension of internet services imposed in the North Tripura district following the communal tension was withdrawn on Sunday

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The prohibitory orders are still in place in areas under the Kadamtala and Panisagar police stations. (Representative/Express Archive)

Days after a curfew was imposed in parts of the North Tripura district following tension between two communities, the local administration Monday withdrew prohibitory orders in most areas.

The prohibitory orders are still in place in areas under the Kadamtala and Panisagar police stations.

Speaking to reporters, Pradip Sarkar, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Kailasahar, said, “Section 163 of BNSS (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita) was imposed at Kailasahar subdivision on October 16. After receiving requisition from the Unakoti Superintendent of Police that the law and order situation has improved, we have lifted the curfew from 2 pm today (Monday).”

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The crisis started after an act of vandalism at a local makeshift temple and the subsequent reports of fire breaking out at an under-construction building on the premises of a mosque on October 15.

The authorities later said that the fire broke out from a short circuit.

The suspension of internet services imposed in the district following the communal tension was withdrawn on Sunday.

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