Meanwhile, the Department of Higher and Technical Education, in view of the unrest prevailing in the state, has closed all public, government-aided and private universities till September 12.
Home Commissioner N. Ashok Kumar, in the revised order, said mobile internet would remain suspended for five days (till September 15) in five districts - Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching.
Former Joint Secretary Home Mayengbam Veto Singh in his order said that the mobile internet ban has been imposed across the state to thwart the design and activities of anti-national and anti-social elements and to maintain peace and communal harmony and To avoid any loss of life or danger to public or private property, it has become necessary to take appropriate measures to maintain law and order in public interest by stopping the spread of misinformation and false rumors through various social media platforms.
In the revised order, the Home Commissioner said: "...the situation is likely to cause serious disturbances in peaceful coexistence and maintenance of public order, I hereby order the temporary suspension/reduction of Internet services and mobile data including lease lines, VSATS Services, broadband and VPN in the territorial jurisdiction of Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching districts of Manipur for five days from 3 pm on September 10. until 3 p.m. on September 15, except in those cases where the state government has exempted and permitted whitelisting.”
The revised order was issued "ex parte in public interest and in substitution of earlier orders", he said.
A ban on mobile internet was imposed and educational institutions were closed in view of student protests sparked by escalating violence in different districts.
Defying the curfew, more than a thousand students staged protests in Imphal for a second day on Tuesday, even as security forces fired tear gas shells and fired into the air to disperse them.
Authorities on Tuesday reimposed curfew in three districts, Imphal West and Thoubal. Since September 1, violence has intensified in the troubled state, leaving at least 12 people, including two women, elderly people and a retired soldier, dead and more than 20 injured, at the hands of suspected militants and armed cadres in different districts. . Of the 12 deaths, only six people died in Jiribam district, adjoining southern Assam.
Home Commissioner N. Ashok Kumar, in the revised order, said mobile internet would remain suspended for five days (till September 15) in five districts - Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching.
Former Joint Secretary Home Mayengbam Veto Singh in his order said that the mobile internet ban has been imposed across the state to thwart the design and activities of anti-national and anti-social elements and to maintain peace and communal harmony and To avoid any loss of life or danger to public or private property, it has become necessary to take appropriate measures to maintain law and order in public interest by stopping the spread of misinformation and false rumors through various social media platforms.
In the revised order, the Home Commissioner said: "...the situation is likely to cause serious disturbances in peaceful coexistence and maintenance of public order, I hereby order the temporary suspension/reduction of Internet services and mobile data including lease lines, VSATS Services, broadband and VPN in the territorial jurisdiction of Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching districts of Manipur for five days from 3 pm on September 10. until 3 p.m. on September 15, except in those cases where the state government has exempted and permitted whitelisting.”
The revised order was issued "ex parte in public interest and in substitution of earlier orders", he said.
A ban on mobile internet was imposed and educational institutions were closed in view of student protests sparked by escalating violence in different districts.
Defying the curfew, more than a thousand students staged protests in Imphal for a second day on Tuesday, even as security forces fired tear gas shells and fired into the air to disperse them.
Authorities on Tuesday reimposed curfew in three districts, Imphal West and Thoubal. Since September 1, violence has intensified in the troubled state, leaving at least 12 people, including two women, elderly people and a retired soldier, dead and more than 20 injured, at the hands of suspected militants and armed cadres in different districts. . Of the 12 deaths, only six people died in Jiribam district, adjoining southern Assam.
