Haryana, Punjab suspend mobile Internet till Tuesday
chandigarh — With tension building up ahead of the sentencing of convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Monday, the Haryana and Punjab governments on Sunday suspended mobile internet services till August 29 (Tuesday).
Both states had suspended mobile internet services earlier on August 24 (Thursday), a day before the verdict of the CBI special court in Panchkula in the rape case against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
“The Haryana government has extended the suspension of mobile internet services, including 2G, 3G, 4G, CDMA and GPRS, all SMS services and dongle services provided on mobile networks, except voice calls, in the state till 11.30am on August 29,” Haryana Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Home, Ram Niwas said here on Sunday.
Also, internet lease lines in the premises of Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa, have been suspended till Au- gust 29. Any person found guilty of violation of these orders would be liable for legal action, he said.
The ACS said the order has been issued “to prevent any disturbance of peace and public order in the state in view of quantum of punishment to be announced by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in the case of Dera Sacha Sauda Chief, on August 28”.
“The orders have been taken considering the critical law and order situation and to maintain peace and communal harmony in the state, and to prevent any loss of life or further damage to public and private property. It has been reported by IG/CID that the situation is tense and violence may again continue for several days, especially on August 28, when the quantum of punishment will be announced,” the order stated. —