Day curfew to be lifted tomorrow

The city police has decided to relax curfew in the riot-hit areas during daytime from April 5. But curfew will continue during nights.

The commissioner of police, Mr A.K. Khan, announced that curfew would be relaxed for three hours in the riot hit areas on April 4 (Sunday).

“We have decided to relax curfew during daytime from Monday but haven’t decided on the timing,” he said. “It would be for seven to eight hours,”

Police said the relaxation was meant to ensure smooth conduct of business in the areas and to restore normalcy.

“On Saturday, people thronged the streets when curfew was relaxed and it was peaceful,” said a senior police officer. “There is better availability of commodities thanks to government supervision as well as the efforts of NGOs and philanthropic individuals.”

At least 70 organisations have approached police to help out and they have been deputed to interior areas where poor people live.

All fair price shops and shops which sell essential commodities and medicines would remain open during curfew relaxation.

On April 4, curfew will be relaxed between 7 am and 10 am in Tappachabutra, Asifnagar, Mangalhat, Kulsumpura, Shahina-yathgunj, Habeebnagar, Begumbazar and Afzalgunj police station limits.

From 10 am to 1 pm, curfew would be relaxed in Charminar, Hussainialam, Kamatipura, Bahadhurpura, Kalapathar, Falaknuma, Chatrinaka, Shahalibanda, Moghalpura, Bhavaninagar, Dabeerpura, Mirchowk, Reinbazar, Madannapet, Santhoshnagar, Kanchanbagh and Chandrayangutta police station limits.

Meanwhile, police arrested six persons who pelted stones and injured the DCP (traffic II), Mr C. Ravi Varma, on March 30.