Internet shutdown

18 Feb 2016

In power

BJP — Haryana

Acted

State government, Haryana

Under

Section 144 CrPC (named in the Hisar and Panipat orders)

District administrations stopped mobile internet from 18 February. The Rohtak Deputy Commissioner stopped internet services throughout the district by order No. 4011-51/MB of 18 February, to check the misuse of social media for rumour mongering. Orders of 18 February also stopped mobile internet or bulk messaging in Jind, Sonepat and Hisar (in Hisar under Section 144 CrPC), Panipat issued Section 144 orders on 18 and 19 February that included suspending internet, and wireless internet was stopped in Bhiwani, according to the Prakash Singh committee. A senior police official told IANS it was done so that rumours are not spread. The Indian Express reported that mobile internet and SMS were blocked from early on 19 February [3][4][2][1]

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