- IMPHAL — After suspending Internet and mobile data services for five days in five
Imphal valley districts, the district authorities have imposed curfew for an
indefinite period in the same districts.
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- This comes a day after violent protests broke out in Manipur
over the arrest of a leader and four members of the radical Meitei outfit
'Arambai Tenggol', officials said here on Sunday.
Related: CBI arrests Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol activist from Imphal airport
- A senior official said that as a preventive measure, curfew
was imposed under section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)
in five Imphal valley districts -- Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur
and Kakching -- for an indefinite period.
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- The district magistrates of these five districts, inhabited
by Meitei community people, in separate orders early on Sunday, prohibited the
assembly of five or more people and the carrying of sticks, stones, firearms,
or sharp weapons under Section 163 of the BNSS.
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- Internet and mobile data services, including VSAT and VPN
facilities, were suspended in these five valley districts late on Saturday
night.
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- After suspending the Internet and mobile data services,
Manipur’s Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Home), N. Ashok Kumar, in an order,
issued late on Saturday night, said, “In view of the prevailing law and order
situation in the state of Manipur especially in Imphal West, Imphal East,
Thoubal, Kakching and Bishnupur districts districts, there is apprehension that
some anti-social elements might use social media extensively for transmission
of images, hate speech and hate video messages inciting the passions of the
public which might have serious repercussions for the law and order situation
in the state of Manipur.”
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- The official said that the arrested Arambai Tenggol leader Kanan
Singh and four other members are likely to be produced in a local court on
Sunday.
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