Khagrachhari: The district administration on Sunday slapped section 144 in Khagrachhari municipality area from morning to evening to ward off any untoward incident centring a protest programme seeking cancellation of the primary school teachers' recruitment process.

Sushama Unnyan o Durniti Protirodh Committee of the district arranged a rally at Khagrachhari Sadar upazila headquarter in the morning brining allegations of massive corruption in teachers' recruitment process of primary schools by the district administration.

During the rally, the speakers demanded the cancellation of the recruitment process. Otherwise, the district administration office will be besieged, they threatened.

Following this, the district administration imposed section 144 starting from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm to maintain law and order situation.

However, the committee decided to enforce a hartal on Monday.