Jaipur, Sep 26 (UNI) The Banswara administration on Saturday imposed Section 144 of IPC in the district as tension prevailed for the third consecutive day in the neighbouring Dungarpur district, where protests over teachers' recruitment turned violent.
District Collector Ankit Kumar Singh asserted in an order that the Section 144 will be effect from Saturday 0700 hrs till the next order.
Agitators of a tribal community blocked nearly 25 km stretch of the National Highway-8 in the Bichhiwara area of Dungarpur after unleashing violence against police personnel, demanding filling of reserved category candidates on vacant unreserved positions for teachers from 2018.