The Haryana authorities on Sunday ordered suspension of cellular web and the majority SMS providers in Nuh district for 24 hours forward of the Braj Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra that was marred by violence final 12 months.
The web service within the district will stay suspended from 6 pm Sunday to six pm Monday, based on an order by Haryana Extra Chief Secretary (House) Anurag Rastogi.
“… there may be a fear of inflicting rigidity, annoyance, agitation, harm of private and non-private property and disturbance of public peace and tranquility within the district Nuh..,” learn the order that got here on the suggestions of Extra DGP-CID, Haryana and a Deputy Commissioner.
The suspension got here “to cease the unfold of misinformation and rumours” by way of social media platforms, comparable to WhatsApp, Fb, Twitter, and so forth.
In the meantime, the Nuh Police mentioned tight safety preparations have been made to make sure that the Yatra passes off easily.
Two residence guards had been killed and at the least 15 others, together with a number of policemen, injured on July 31 final 12 months as a mob in Haryana’s Nuh district tried to cease a Vishva Hindu Parishad procession, pelting stones and setting vehicles on hearth.
The identical evening, a mob attacked a mosque in Gurugram and killed its naib imam.
At the very least six folks had been killed and scores injured within the quick aftermath of the interfaith conflict.
The BJP authorities within the state, then led by Manohar Khattar, had drawn sharp criticism from the opposition events over the violence.
