Greater Noida: Prohibitory orders have been clamped and security stepped up in Bishada village in the wake of a proposed mahapanchyat today over demand for registration of an FIR against Mohammad Akhlaq's family for alleged cow slaughter nine months after he was lynched over rumour that his family had eaten beef.

District Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar NP Singh has clamped Section 144 CrPC and issued prohibitory orders banning gathering of five or more persons in the district after Bishada villagers in Dadri announced panchayat for today and additional security personnel have been deployed in the village, officials said.