Mumbai Police have imposed prohibitory orders across the city from July 23 to August 6 under Section 37 of the Maharashtra Police Act, citing intelligence inputs about possible law-and-order disturbances after protests supporting the CJP movement over the NEET paper leak. Gatherings, slogans, speeches and carrying weapons are banned, with violators facing action under the BNS and state law.
Prohibitory orders will come into effect across Mumbai from Thursday and remain in force until August 6, restricting the movement and unlawful assembly of five or more persons in view of recent demonstrations held in parts of the city in support of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) movement at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
The prohibitory orders were issued by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday as a preventive measure to maintain law and order in the city following the recent protests.
The development comes after Mumbai Police registered eight FIRs against nearly 900 persons for participating in demonstrations organised in solidarity with the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) campaign over the NEET paper leak.
According to the police order, inputs received from various sources indicate a “likelihood of breach of peace and disturbance of public tranquillity” and a “grave danger to human lives and loss of properties,” prompting authorities to impose restrictions across the city.
Police deployment has also been intensified at sensitive locations throughout Mumbai to prevent fresh gatherings, demonstrations or any law-and-order situation during the period the prohibitory orders remain in force.
Police have also warned that if any protest is organised without prior permission, action may be initiated against those involved. In such cases, FIRs can be registered under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) or Section 135 of the Maharashtra Police Act for disobedience of a lawful order, besides invoking Sections 189 and 190 of the BNS relating to unlawful assembly.
The prohibitory orders have been imposed against the backdrop of the violent protests that erupted on July 20, when thousands of supporters of the CJP, along with students, marched from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over recurring examination irregularities, including the NEET-UG paper leak.
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