Section 144 has been re-imposed in the riot-hit Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh as a preventive measure. A notification issued jointly by the district administration and the police on May 11 stated that no rallies, processions, Jagarans and shobha yatras or political rallies will be allowed in the district till July 10.

It came a week after the administration had lifted curfew from the riot-hit area claiming that the situation had returned to normal in the district. Earlier, section 144 was imposed was on April 11, a day after communal violence broke out in the district during the Navratri festival.