Mobile internet services suspended for 24 hrs in 4 districts of Punjab
Mobile internet services suspended for 24 hrs in 4 districts of Punjab After the arrest of four people in connection with a clash between members of a Dalit outfit and Hindu groups, mobile internet and SMS services have been suspended for 24 hours in four districts of Punjab. 2G, 3G, 4G, CDMA and GPRS, all SMS services and all dongle services provided on mobile networks, except voice calls, in Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar will remain suspended. Four people were arrested in connection with the violent clashes that took place on April 13 over the installation of a board and renaming of a "chowk" (intersection) in Phagwara. Inderjit Karwal, the state vice-president of Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray), Deepak Bhardwaj, Punjab unit president of Hindu Suraksha Samiti, Shivi Batta, president of another Shiv Sena outfit and one Raju Chahal, police said. Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Tayyab and SSP Sandeep Sharma also met members of the groups, pleading them to maintain peace. Heavy security force continued to be deployed in the area, the police said. -PTC News
