PESHAWAR, Oct 15: Anti-US demonstrations continued in various parts of the NWFP on Monday, according to reports reaching here.

The provincial government has warned that legal action would be taken against organizers of rallies and protest meetings in case any public or private property is damaged by participants. A spokesman for the government said that action would also be taken against those found inciting people during rallies or meetings to violence.

He said the man accused of killing a levy during an anti-US demonstration at Sakha Kot, Malakand Agency, on Friday, had been identified as Gul Naseem. Raids were being conducted to arrest him, he added.

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