SHILLONG, MAR 17: The West Garo Hills district magistrate Vibhor Aggarwal on Tuesday issued a sweeping prohibitory order barring public meetings, processions and unlawful assemblies without prior written permission, citing intelligence of planned actions that could threaten peace.

In the order under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Meghalaya Maintenance of Public Order Act, Aggarwal directed that “no person, group, association, or organization shall organize, hold, or participate in any procession, rally, demonstration, public meeting, or assembly without prior written permission.”

The order also prohibits assemblies of five or more people intended for protests, the use of loudspeakers or amplifiers in public, and camps, drills or parades without clearance.

“Any person…found causing disruption of normal life, preventing public or employee activities, enforcing shutdowns, damaging public or private property, or committing acts subversive of law and order shall be guilty of an offence,” the order states, punishable by three to seven years’ imprisonment and compensation for loss or damage.

The directive further bars carrying arms, sticks, rods, stones or any object capable of causing injury or damage in public places linked to prohibited gatherings.

Aggarwal said credible intelligence indicates certain groups may act in ways likely to result in disturbance of public peace, obstruction of public movement…or endangerment of human life, requiring immediate preventive measures.

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