Sambalpur: After lifting the suspension of internet services on Sunday, the district administration has further relaxed the curfew timings by two hours in violence-hit Sambalpur Town on Tuesday.
As the law and order situation in the town is improving gradually, the curfew has been relaxed from 5.00 am to 10.00 pm from today. Earlier, the curfew was in place from 5.00 am to 8.00 pm.
Internet services were suspended and a curfew was imposed on this western Odisha town after it witnessed group clashes on the eve of Hanuman Jayanti on April 12 and again n April 14. Several persons, including 10 policemen engaged in law and order duty sustained injuries during these clashes.
The police have over 100 people in connection with violence and the killing of a tribal youth on the day of Hanuman Jayanti on April 14.
