Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra ordered closure of all commercial establishments, excluding emergency services, between 6 pm and 6 am from July 29 to August 1 across the district following two high-profile murders since July 26.
While BJP Yuva Morcha activist Praveen Nettaru was murdered at his poultry farm at Bellare on July 26, Mohammed Fazil was hacked to death at a cloth shop in Surathkal on July 28.
“The administration has received intelligence inputs indicating the next three days would be crucial, and more trouble could be expected. The restrictions cannot be termed a curfew; but unnecessary movement of general public should be restricted during night hours, and hence the decision. Urban and rural local bodies have been directed to ensure the identified establishments are closed by 6 pm on these days,” he said in a video message on July 29.
