For the past few weeks, the online hacker group Anonymous has been quite active in India, taking down several government websites and a few corporate websites in protest against the recent incidents of Internet censorship in India. About a fortnight ago, the hacker group had stated its plans in an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) based press conference, to conduct a nationwide on-ground protest on June 9, 2012 across several cities like Mumbai and Chennai among others, asking citizens to protest these blocks by wearing a mask and offering materials like banners and flyers for the protest. On Saturday (June 9, 2012), these protests took place in 16 Indian cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Indore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Calicut, Nagpur, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Manipal among others. Here's a roundup of what happened in each city: - Mumbai: About 120 people showed up. The police was calm, but the protestors were not allowed to march from the place of protest. Most were students from the University of Mumbai and other colleges. Some were from other cities as well like Chennai, who were actually holidaying in Mumbai and decided to attend. More in this piece in DNA. - Chandigarh: The protest was held for 90 minutes, with protesters displayed banners with anti-government slogans. The protest took place at sector 17. Watch: Video - Indore: Venue was changed to Treasure Island from Regal Square as police denied permission stating that the said location is too close to the High Court. Anonymous (Indore) members requested all on Facebook to meet at Treasure Island, a mall…
