Fire arms, other lethal weapons to be banned

MARGAO, MARCH 6
Returning Officer for the South Goa Parliamentary Constituency and District Magistrate, Mihir Vardhan has banned carrying of all types of arms and fire arms and other lethal weapons to ensure free, fair and peaceful conduct of the election process.
The order was issued under Section 144 of the CrPC and will come into force with immediate effect.
The order will prohibit carrying of all types of arms, fire arms, ammunition, lethal weapons in any public place, street, road squares, thoroughfares, by lanes or in any open space in the entire South Goa district till May 17.
The order, however, will not be applicable to public servants, police and defense personnel and security personnel on duty and to those members of the community, who are entitled to display weapons by long standing law, custom and usage, unless they are found to be indulging in violence of posing a threat to the maintenance of law and order and peaceful conduct of elections.