Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Kumar Shavan ordered the prohibition. “Whereas, this threat posed by subversive elements is an imminent danger to public safety, peace, tranquillity and security that warrants immediate preventive …,” he said in an order issued on Saturday.
Issuing a set of regulations and restrictions, the district magistrate said all authorised private firms and shops procuring, storing and selling combat clothes shall immediately inform in writing to the nearest police stations regarding their authority to carry on with this business.
The list shall be provided by the dealer or dealers to Station House Officer’s concerned on fortnightly basis.
Tehsildar, executive magistrate first class or an officer of the police of the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspector or above shall have the authority to check and inspect such registers, the order said.
