Amidst brewing communal tension in Nuh over Bhiwani killings, Haryana Government on Sunday issued temporary suspension of mobile internet services — including 2G, 3G, 4G, CDMA, GPRS, all SMS services — including bulk SMS and excluding banking and mobile recharge, and all dongle services etc provided on mobile networks except the voice calls in the territorial jurisdiction of Nuh District with immediate effect. The suspension will remain in force from February 26 (Sunday) to February 28 (23:59 hrs).
The suspension has been ordered under Section 5 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, to be read along with Rule (2) of Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017, said the government spokesperson.
Sharing more details, the spokesperson said that in view of potential cause for communal tension and disturbance of public peace, temporary suspension has been imposed to stop the spread of disinformation and rumours through various social media platforms, such as Whatsapp, Facebook Twitter, etc. on mobile phones and SMS.
All telecom service providers of Haryana have been hereby directed to ensure the compliance of this order and any person found guilty of the violation of the aforesaid order will be liable for legal action under relevant provisions, added the spokesperson.
The protest on February 24 led to a massive jam on the highway for around an hour but finally police managed to control the situation and got the road cleared.
After the protest on the Nuh-Alwar highway, a call was made for a series of protests in Nuh district. Police, on February 25, had booked more than 500 people for blocking the highway. Nasir and Junaid, both residents of Ghatmeeka village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, were allegedly abducted by cow vigilantes on February 15 and their bodies were found in a charred car in Loharu in Bhiwani the next day.
Rajasthan Police has said that it has got concrete evidence against eight accused named in the FIR — including Anil and Srikant from Nuh, Kalu from Kaithal, Kishore and Shashikant from Karnal, Monu and Gogi from Bhiwani, and Vikas of Jind.
