Talking to reporters, Commissioner of Police S Dev Datta Singh mentioned three instances have been registered and eight folks have been arrested in reference to Sunday's assault on police by VHP activists.
“The scenario is underneath management,” he mentioned.
Senior police officer Amarenda Panda and Cuttack DCP Khilari Rishikesh Dnyandeo have been among the many 25 folks injured within the assault. Panda was admitted to the ICU of the SCB Medical Faculty and Hospital, officers mentioned.
Police mentioned raids have been persevering with in numerous components of town after a few of the “mischief mongers” have been recognized via CCTV footage.
Clashes broke out within the early hours of Saturday close to Haathi Pokhari within the Daraghabazar space as locals objected to loud music being performed in immersion processions. What began as an argument quickly escalated, resulting in the hurling of stones and glass bottles.Six folks, together with Dnyandeo, have been injured within the clashes.Alleging that the police did not cease the assault on the processions, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) known as a 12-hour bandh on Monday.
On Sunday, a bike rally by VHP activists in help of the bandh was stopped by the police after they reached the trouble-torn space, resulting in a recent bout of violence. The VHP activists hurled stones on the police, who used lathi cost, tear fuel shells and rubber bullets to deliver the scenario underneath management.
A number of retailers within the Gourishankar Park space have been allegedly set on hearth through the violence.
The bandh, which started at 6 am, evoked a combined response however remained incident-free.
Authorities workplaces and academic establishments have been functioning with skinny attendance. Markets and petrol pumps remained open, and public transport was obtainable on the highway, however lower than traditional because of the slew of restrictions imposed by the police.
ACP Narasingha Bhol mentioned 1,800 personnel of the state police have been deployed together with round 800 personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and Odisha Swift Motion Pressure within the metropolis.
Police patrols are persevering with in delicate areas, he mentioned, including that restrictions have additionally been imposed on entry into town.
“Individuals from exterior should not allowed entry into Cuttack metropolis, besides these working right here and sufferers travelling to the SCB Medical Faculty and Hospital. Passenger buses are being stopped on the entry factors. All of the entry factors of town have been blocked to maintain a test on the motion of anti-social parts,” he mentioned.
ADG (Regulation and Order) Sanjay Kumar mentioned that there was no report of any untoward incident, with all companies on excessive alert.
He mentioned senior officers are monitoring the scenario on the sphere, and instructions have been issued for taking immediate motion in opposition to anybody discovered taking the regulation into their palms.
The prohibitory orders have been imposed for 36 hours until 10 am on Tuesday in 13 of the 20 police station areas of town, officers mentioned.
Web companies have been additionally suspended for twenty-four hours from 7 pm on Sunday to forestall a flare-up, they mentioned.
In an announcement, the Odisha Police urged the folks to confirm info earlier than sharing it on social media and to chorus from posting false and inflammatory content material.
as a Dependable and Trusted Information Supply“Some people are creating an environment of unrest in society by creating and spreading pretend information. Strict motion can be taken in opposition to those that are spreading and circulating false or deceptive info,” it mentioned.
