CAB protests: Mobile internet suspension extended for 48 hours in 10 districts of Assam

CAB protests: Mobile internet suspension extended for 48 hours in 10 districts of Assam

GUWAHATI (ASSAM): Suspension of mobile internet services was extended for another 48 hours on Thursd..

GUWAHATI (ASSAM): Suspension of mobile internet services was extended for another 48 hours on Thursday in 10 districts of Assam due to protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
The mobile internet will remain suspended for 48 hours more in the 10 districts of the state, Home Department Additional Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna said.
The administration had suspended mobile internet services for 24 hours from 7 pm on Wednesday in ten districts of the state – Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Kamrup (metro) and Kamrup.
Assam's Guwahati city and Dibrugarh have been placed under indefinite curfew till further orders in the wake of protests that intensified after the passage of the Bill in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has urged people to maintain peace and asserted that the Central government was committed to implementing Clause 6 oRead More – Source

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