The Koraput district administration on Saturday clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC following a group clash between two villages under Sadar police station in the district on Friday.
Sources said four platoons of BSF personnel and three platoons of Odisha police have been deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incident.
Besides, Koraput SP KV Singh, SDPO Sagarika Nath and four IICs have also been engaged in the locality. A flag march was also conducted in the sensitive area to defuse the tension.
On Friday, a clash broke out between two groups of Dhepaguda and Kundariguda villages over past enmity while they had gone to a nearby canal to take bath after celebrating Holi.
Several persons from both the groups were injured due to stone pelting during the clash. When the situation went out of control, police reached the spot and opened blank fire to disperse the mob.
Besides, vehicular traffic on National Highway-26 was disrupted for over two hours due to the clash.