Overview

• Commissionerate Police announced a 36-hour curfew from 10 pm Sunday across 13 police station limits with warnings of stern action against violators.
• The Odisha Home Department suspended internet services from 7 pm Sunday to 7 pm Monday across the CMC, CDA and 42 Mauza areas to block inflammatory content.
• Fresh incidents followed a VHP motorcycle rally that went ahead despite orders, with CCTV cameras damaged and shops near Gourishankar Park set on fire.
• The original clash occurred around 1:30–2:00 am near Haathi Pokhari after objections to loud music, injuring several including DCP Khilari Rishikesh Dnyandeo as police used a mild lathi charge before immersion resumed and finished by 9:30 am.
• Police reported six arrests and said suspects are being identified using CCTV, drone footage and eyewitness accounts, as CM Mohan Charan Majhi and Naveen Patnaik issued appeals for peace and the VHP called a 12-hour bandh on Monday.