The night curfew along the 32-km India-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Cachar district has been extended for another two months in view of ‘continuous infiltration and smuggling attempts’.
The prohibitory orders, imposed under Section 144 CrPC of India, barred people from moving along the border within its one-km radius at night for two months between 8pm and 5am, reports The Times of India.
District magistrate (Cachar, Assam) Gokul Mohan Hazarika also barred fishing on the Surma River in Katigorah block of the district under the fresh order.
The prohibitory orders will also bar movement of rickshaws, handcarts and other vehicles carrying rice, sugar, kerosene and other commodities within a radius of five km from the international border between 8pm and 5am.
However, employees of the state and the Indian central government engaged in duty in the said areas will remain outside the purview of the prohibitory orders.
It may be mentioned that night curfew has already been in force along the 92-km-long India-Bangladesh border in Karimganj district of the Barak Valley for the last few years and it’s extended periodically according to the situation along the border.
Fencing along the Indo-Bangla border in Cachar district is yet to be completed.
Source: UNBConnect
