Curfew to be lifted during day in Hazaribagh

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Apr 22: Curfew in Hazaribagh would be lifted during the daytime for the next two days following improvement of the situation.

Deputy Commissioner Mukesh Kumar said curfew would be relaxed from 5 am to 9 pm today and April 23 as the day remained incident-free during relaxation period.

There would be a review of the situation on April 23 and in the event of continued normalcy, the administration would consider withdrawing the curfew, he said.

Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Kumar Jha said a team of forensic experts from Ranchi were examining materials found at the reported blast at Habibinagar locality while some people were making bombs on the intervening night of April 17 and 18.

Teams of the Anti-Terrorist Squad and the CID have also reached to examine the places, he said.

PTI