Overview
- District Magistrate Pankaj Kumar Sharma issued an ex-parte order under Section 163 of the BNSS that took immediate effect and will last two months.
- Unregistered online news portals and social media news handles are prohibited from publishing current affairs unless compliant with the IT Rules, 2021 and the prescribed Code of Ethics.
- Police detained a local and registered a separate FIR under Section 353 of the BNS over a video that allegedly gave the clash a communal angle.
- The initial FIR over the Padyarna incident cites Sections 125, 125(a) and 191(2) of the BNS after a log slipping near a madrassa led to stone pelting and minor injuries.
- Enforcement steps include cyber cafe ID checks, a verified list of outlets from the District Information Officer within seven days, SSP oversight, and a public advisory warning against sharing misleading content; separate regional actions reported include a VPN bar in Kulgam and a drone seizure in Poonch.