Mumbai, Ahead of festivals, the Mumbai Police have issued an order to prohibit citizens from carrying weapons, explosives and other potentially harmful articles from August 29 to September 27 citing the need to preserve public peace and safety.
The order further prohibits the public exhibition of persons, corpses, figures or effigies, as well as certain public utterances, songs, music, speeches, gestures, mimetic representations, pictures, symbols, placards or other material that, in the opinion of a police officer, could offend decency or morality, undermine security or tend to overthrow the state. Police personnel are authorised to disarm persons found carrying prohibited articles and seize corrosive substances, explosives or missiles. Such seized articles may be forfeited to the state government.
The order, issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police Akbar Pathan under the Maharashtra Police Act, prohibits carrying of arms, such as swords, spears, knives, sticks, lathis and other articles capable of causing physical harm, except where specifically permitted by the competent authority, an official said on Tuesday.
