The district administration vacated the prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of CrPC from the Ali, Rajkanika and Mahakalpada police limits as the post-election situation returned to normal on Thursday.
However, the administration has strictly restricted holding of any kind of demonstrations, public meetings and processions across the district, said district Collector Nitin B Jawale.The administration had clamped the prohibitory orders in the entire district on April 19, a day after an irate mob attacked Marshaghai BDO SK Pati and ransacked his official residence in Kendrapada township. The mob went on rampage after they found a Bolero loaded with EVMs parked in front of the BDO’s residence.later, tension also prevailed at a village under the Ali Assembly constituency as a BJD worker was allegedly killed by opposition party members in the night of the same day.Earlier, Section 144 had been lifted from the other areas of the district.