Dec 03, 2022, 06:00 pm
Mumbai Police has reportedly imposed Section 144 in the city to ensure peace in the city and avoid disturbance to public order. Several media reports suggested that a curfew has been imposed in Mumbai until January 2. Times Now, however, later updated its report to say that Mumbai Police has imposed Section 144 in the city from December 3 to December 17. Gatherings of five or more people are not allowed during this period.
In a press release, Deputy Commissioner of Mumbai Police’s Mission Department Vishal Thakur said that loudspeakers, processions and gatherings are banned in the city from December 3 to December 17.
Here is what’s prohibited in Mumbai:
Assembly of five or more persons
Any kind of procession
Any use of loudspeakers, musical instruments and bursting of firecrackers in any procession