Overview

• Police issued prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in four villages after stone-pelting injured ten people on June 13.
• Police recovered the eloped couple on June 14 following a complaint by the woman’s father and arrested the man.
• Nearly 100 protesters, including BJP state president Rajiv Bindal and MLA Sukhram Chaudhary, were booked for defying the prohibitory orders by assembling at Majra police station.
• Authorities arrested four men for attacking police personnel during the clashes and added attempt to murder charges under Section 109 against dozens of protesters.
• BJP leaders decried the charges as politically motivated while government officials defended the measures as necessary to restore order.