Ban on carrying of firearms

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 9

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Parambir Singh Parmar has imposed a ban on carrying of firearms during wedding or any public event. Exercising powers vested under Section 144, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the DCP has asked owners of all marriage places and banquet halls to install CCTV cameras on their premises for the maintenance of law and order.

Parmar has imposed a ban on any type of procession, carrying of firearms in procession, gathering of five or more persons and raising slogans in the jurisdiction of the Commissionerate of Police.

Further, he has ordered that all villages falling under the city’s jurisdiction should hold ‘thikri pehras’ (night patrol) from 8 pm to 5 pm.

He said the orders would be in force from December 9 to February 8, 2019.