As per reports, the following are the latest updates on the unrest in Cuttack as of Tuesday (14 October):

• Ahead of religious festivals scheduled in the upcoming month, the Commissionerate Police held peace committee meetings with community heads, local public representatives and people of different communities to ensure a peaceful and violence-free celebration in Cuttack.
• Representatives from all major communities, local puja committees, bazaar committees and Masjid committees gathered at the meeting. The meetings were held by Purighat police at the Town Hall, Lalbag police at Royal Garden and Mangalabag police on the police station premises, Bidanasi police at Rashmi Mandap, Dargha Bazar police in its conference hall and Cantonment police on the premises of Barabati stadium club house. Similarly, other police stations of Cuttack also held the meetings.
• Local corporators, senior citizens, office-bearers of market committees, mohalla committees, sahi committees and puja committees participated in the peace meetings as well.