Security has been beefed up in Bellare and surrounding areas of Dakshina Kannada district following the murder of 32-year-old BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettaru on July 26 night.
After BJP activists called for a bandh in Sullia, Kadaba and Puttur taluks on July 27, Puttur Assistant Commissioner M. Girish Nandan passed orders under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code prohibiting movement of people in groups of five and more persons in these areas. The prohibitory orders will be in force till midnight of July 28.
