NAHAN (HP): Prohibitory orders imposed in the villages of Paonta Sahib area of Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district due to apprehensions of a communal flare-up has been extended till June 26, officials said on Friday.Two groups had clashed on June 13 over elopement of a Hindu-Muslim couple.Due to “prevailing communal tension and volatile law and order situation” prohibitory orders already in force since June 13 in five villages — Kiratpur, Malion, Fatehpur, Missarwala and Majra — under the Majra police station in Poanta subdivision, has been extended till June 26 by District Magistrate Priyanka Verma, an order issued on Thursday night said.According to the order issued under Section 163 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, there will be a complete ban on the assembly of five or more persons, carrying lethal weapons, public rally, procession or hunger strike, carrying any kind of inflammable material, pelting stones or any objectionable material in public places and delivering inflammatory speeches or communal or anti-state speeches within the boundaries of these villages.
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