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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Internet shut off to "maintain order"



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(Cnet)  -  Fifty million people in India lost access to the internet for five days as the conviction of a cult leader plunged the northern states of Punjab and Haryana into a state of emergency.
Local government cut off mobile internet and text messaging services on Thursday, Aug. 24, ahead of a verdict in the trial of cult leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on rape charges, NDTV reported. Service was restored Tuesday morning.
Singh, who heads the Dera Sacha Sauda religious group, was found guilty on Friday of raping two women from his group in 2002. Violence quickly followed as Singh's devotees protested the verdict, leaving 38 dead. The group claims to have more than 70 million followers globally.
The government took the measure of shutting off mobile internet service to "prevent any disturbance of peace and public order," according to a statement from the Additional Chief Secretary of Haryana that was obtained by the Times of India
The order affected over 50 million people. Singh was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

shutting off things ... a state must to be socialist twist