<p>In view of the November 3 byelection to the RR Nagar Assembly constituency, City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant has invoked Section 144 to enforce prohibitory orders.</p>.<p>The order will be in force from 10 am on October 9 till 6 pm on October 16 apart from October 10 (Saturday) and 11 (Sunday).</p>.<p>A spike in Covid-19 cases has prompted instructions to supporters of the contestants to follow rules. Any attempts by them to assemble, lay roadblocks or hold processions will invite severe action.</p>.<p>Police have restricted gatherings within a 100-metre radius of the office where the candidates file their nomination papers.</p>.<p>Supporters have been told not to be in a group of more than five people, not to hold gallows, swords, stones, bricks or burn replicas, which are illegal, the police chief stated in his orders.</p>
<p>In view of the November 3 byelection to the RR Nagar Assembly constituency, City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant has invoked Section 144 to enforce prohibitory orders.</p>.<p>The order will be in force from 10 am on October 9 till 6 pm on October 16 apart from October 10 (Saturday) and 11 (Sunday).</p>.<p>A spike in Covid-19 cases has prompted instructions to supporters of the contestants to follow rules. Any attempts by them to assemble, lay roadblocks or hold processions will invite severe action.</p>.<p>Police have restricted gatherings within a 100-metre radius of the office where the candidates file their nomination papers.</p>.<p>Supporters have been told not to be in a group of more than five people, not to hold gallows, swords, stones, bricks or burn replicas, which are illegal, the police chief stated in his orders.</p>