India, Dec. 17 -- The Cachar district administration in Assam has imposed a series of prohibitory restrictions along sensitive stretches of the Indo-Bangladesh border to prevent illegal movement and avert potential threats to law and order, officials said on Tuesday.

District Magistrate (DM) Mridul Yadav, exercising powers under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), issued the order restricting the movement of people from sunset to sunrise within a one-kilometre belt along the international border in Cachar district.

The administration cited apprehensions over unauthorised cross-border movement and the possible misuse of night hours for unlawful activities.

Focus on riverine routes

As part of the preventive mea...