This story is from March 26, 2017

Prohibitory orders imposed in 14 areas of Khargone

After incidents of violence and stone pelting in city, district administration imposed Section 144 at 14 sensitive areas early on Saturday, sparking tension in district headquarters.
Prohibitory orders imposed in 14 areas of Khargone
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KHARGONE: After incidents of violence and stone pelting in city, district administration imposed Section 144 at 14 sensitive areas early on Saturday, sparking tension in district headquarters.
Khargone sub divisional magistrate Mahendra Kavache gave the prohibitory order after six cases of stabbing, riots and stone pelting on police officials were registered.
“Around 50 people have been taken into custody under preventive measures and are being questioned.
The situation is under control but additional forces roped in from Indore, Barwani Khandwa and several police stations of Khargone district will remain deployed here as precautionary measures,” Nimar range DIG GG Pandey told TOI.
“A 17-year-old student of Bihar was stabbed in Khargone town. The teenager from Darbhanga district in Bihar, studying in an institute at Khargone, was allegedly stabbed by three unidentified motorcyclists on Thursday around 4pm. He was rushed to the district hospital and later referred to Indore. After the incident, on Friday unidentified people resorted to stone-pelting at Mohan Talkies area of Khargone town. Six people sustained injuries in the incident,” Khargone thana in-charge MP Verma told TOI
Unconfirmed reports say two persons were beaten up in Manish Market area of Khargone on Thursday and Friday’s incident was in reaction to that.
Earlier, curfew was imposed in Khargone district headquarters on October 22, 2015 after stone pelting over people returning from Dussehra festival. It was lifted after nine days.
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