Kanchanpur, August 27
The curfew order imposed on Bhimdutta Nagar, Kanchanpur, in the wake of violent protests against the rape and murder of a teenager in the city last month.
The curfew, which was clamped in the city since the death of a protester in Saturday, has been lifted until 6 pm on Monday, officials said. District officials who initially planned to re-impose the curfew order from 12 pm, said they changed their mind after the situation normalised in the city.
Nirmala Pant (13) was raped and murdered on July 26. Locals were outraged when police presented a ‘mentally retarded’ man as the main suspect in the case.
Kanchanpur District Police chief Kuber Kadayt said that the curfew order will be re-imposed after 6 pm on Monday. City residents, who remained indoors for the last three days, have come out of their homes and normal life has resumed.
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