What's happening? Internet services remain snapped all across Rajasthan for 24 hours, as per orders from Chief Secretary Usha Sharma made late in the evening on June 28. The order comes on the back of the murder of a tailor by religious extremists in Udaipur. According to the order, only mobile internet networks (2G, 3G and 4G) have been suspended under 5(2) of the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 and Sub rules 2(1) and 2 (A) of the Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services Rules (Amendment) 2020. Meanwhile, fixed line and broadband services remain up and running. The shutdown is effective in the districts of Jaipur, Kota, Dausa, Ajmer, Nagaur, Bhilwara, Tonk, Sikar, Alwar and Jhunjhunu. A curfew and prohibitory orders were imposed simultaneously with the network blackout in the city of Udaipur and its neighbouring areas under Section 144 of the Criminal…
