Amravati Police Commissioner Aarti Singh has written to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya and had asked him to cancel his proposed Amravati visit on November 17 in wake of curfew and other restrictions imposed under section 144 of CrPC in the city.

In view of violence-related incidents reported in parts of Maharashtra over protests related to violence in Tripura, the Pune rural police on November 14 issued prohibitory orders under CRPC Section 144 in rural parts of Pune. The above restrictions under section 144 of CRPC are effective from November 14 till November 20 for rural parts of Pune District. Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil on Saturday condemned the violence in Nanded, Malegaon, Amaravati and other places during protests against violence in Tripura, adding that the focus was on keeping the situation under control and maintaining peace.