Following tensions over the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in South 24 Parganas’ Baruipur, Section 163 of the BNSS has been imposed across the jurisdictions of Baruipur, Sonarpur and Narendrapur police stations in the Baruipur subdivision.
The order also states that anyone found damaging public property will be liable to rigorous imprisonment of up to five years and a fine under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984.