Centre tells Punjab govt to be firm on curfew

He said television visuals suggested that curfew had not been enforced properly with people seen to be moving out in the streets, and stated that the situation was “not quite normal”.

“We have already provided 14 companies of paramilitary forces. They are already in place since morning. Eleven more are moving. We have also provided a helicopter to the state government,” Chidambaram said  after assuming office. “The decision to impose curfew was of the state government and once it has been imposed, it must be enforced,” he said.  He said the government has some information about the incident in Vienna and was waiting for details.