India extends night curfew along Bangladesh border

DHAKA, Sept 15: Indian authority has extended the night curfew along the 32km India-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Cachar district for another two months to curb “continuous infiltration and smuggling attempts.”

According to The Times of India, the prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 CrPC of India barred people from moving along the border within a one-kilometre radius at night for two months between 8pm and 5am.

Fishing on the Surma River in Katigorah block of the district has also been barred under the fresh order.

The prohibitory orders will also bar the movement of rickshaws, handcarts and other vehicles carrying rice, sugar, kerosene and other commodities within a radius of five kilometres 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.

Meanwhile, the night curfew has already been in force along the 92km-long India-Bangladesh border in Karimganj district of the Barak Valley for the last few years, and it is extended periodically according to the situation along the border.

Fencing along the Indo-Bangla border in Cachar district is yet to be completed.

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