Prohibitory orders in 4 taluks of Dakshina Kannada extended till July 21

Bantwal, Jul 11: Even though the trouble hit areas of Dakshina Kannada are slowly returning to normalcy, the district administration has decided to extend the prohibitory orders for 10 more days in four taluks.

As per the previous order of the district administration, the Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be ended at midnight on July 11 in Bantwal, Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady taluks that fall under the limits of Dakshina Kannada district police.

However, as part of precautionary measures, on Tuesday, the deputy commissioner issued a fresh order extending the ban orders till July 21.

The orders were initially enforced in Bantwal taluk on May 27 following skirmishes between two groups. Later it was extended to the four taluks as violence spread.

The murder of a Social Democratic Party of India worker at Benjanapadavu in Bantwal on June 21 escalated the tension forcing authorities to extend prohibitory orders.

The attack on RSS activist Sharath in BC Road on July 4 by unidentified miscreants and his death in a hospital on July 7 led to further exacerbation of the communal tension.

With the fresh extension, Bantwal taluk will complete 56 continuous days of being covered under the ban order. The Mangaluru city police commissionerate area has been exempted from the order, police said.