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Mobile Internet services restored in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh

Following communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims, mobile Internet services we restored on Tuesday in Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh, reports Times of India. Violence erupted in the district last week on the 16th and three people were killed after a girl was allegedly harassed which triggered a fight with between the communities. To maintain law and order and curb the spread of rumours through social media, authorities cut mobile Internet services. Typically bans such as this are enforced under Section 144 of the CrPC (Criminal Procedure Code) which allows local law administration to ban unlawful assembly and justify short bans on Internet services. Last month, mobile Internet services were cut off in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh since Tuesday after authorities feared a law and order situation in the state’s capital following the suicide of former chief minister Kalikho Pul. This is the 16th incident where mobile Internet services were cut since September 2015. The number of Internet blocks has increased dramatically the Supreme Court’s ruling which  upheld the districts and states’ right to ban mobile Internet services for maintaining law and order in February. Kashmir Internet services Mobile Internet services continue to be cut off in the Kashmir valley extending to three months now. Services were cut in over 10 districts on July 9 after security forces killed militant Burhan Wani which sparked widespread protests and violence. However there were brief moments where some services were restored. In August, the Jammu & Kashmir state administration blocked GPRS-operated WhatsApp ‘as a precautionary measure’ to keep rumours in check last Friday (5…

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