Cracking down: Policemen cane motorists in curfew-bound Bhadrak town of Odisha on Saturday. more-inAn uneasy calm prevailed in this communally sensitive town following the violence of the last couple of days with incidents of widespread arson on Friday evening. An indefinite curfew has been imposed on the town and prohibitory orders imposed in nearby Dhamnagar and Basudevpur on Saturday morning. Singh, Odisha’s Director General of Police, who is camping in Bhadrak along with Home Secretary Asit Tripathy. The administration had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 to control the situation on Thursday.

Source: The Hindu April 08, 2017 17:15 UTC