Internet ban extended in J&K till today
28 Sept 2015 5:19 AM IST
Inspector General of Police of Kashmir as well as Jammu region wrote a letter to all service providers to continue termination of data services till 2 AM tomorrow, official sources said. The directive by police to all service providers, which came on the eve of Eid, comes amidst the controversy over <g data-gr-id="41">beef</g> ban. In the order, the service providers were directed to snap all data services.
“In view of the apprehension of misuse of data services (GPRS/2G/3G) by anti-national elements, which is likely to cause deterioration in law and order situation, you are requested to completely snap down the data services through GPRS/2G/3G and broadband till 2 PM of September 27”. The ban, which was to end at 10 PM on Saturday, has been imposed on <g data-gr-id="38">Internet</g> so that no videos are uploaded and social networking sites are not accessible. Reacting to the extension of <g data-gr-id="37">ban</g>, former state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the PDP-BJP government was pushing the people to dark age.
“During our regime, when situations were far <g data-gr-id="32">more</g> worse, our government only reduced bandwidth so that <g data-gr-id="30">ficticious</g> videos were not uploaded. But this regime is completely pushing the people of the state to the wall”, Omar said.
“I wonder why Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and his daughter Mehbooba are silent on such draconian actions. They used to accuse my <g data-gr-id="31">government</g> but I wonder what they have to say now.
“In fact Mufti Saheb is living to his promise. He had promised to make the state like Gujarat. Now I guess we are competing with Gujarat as to who bans <g data-gr-id="36">Internet</g> more,” he said.
The measure has been taken because of apprehension of communal tension in the backdrop of the High Court directive for implementation of an old law that bans slaughter and selling of beef. Some separatist groups have said they will defy the court order.
This step was also aimed at thwarting mischievous elements who may violate the court and, as a mark of protest, post the pictures on social media that may spark communal tension.
People <g data-gr-id="52">flay</g> snapping of internet services in Jammu
Residents and the business community in Jammu on Saturday flayed the state government's move to snap internet connection in the region, along with the Kashmir Valley, saying that it had affected them badly. "My business has come to a complete halt for the last two days, I have faced a huge loss in the business as I was not able to book a single airline ticket," Pradeep Singh who runs an airline ticket booking agency in Jammu said. Singh said that with the snapping of all type of internet services in the state, including Jammu region, the business of hundreds of people like him has suffered badly. "I am not the only one but there are hundreds of people like me who run their livelihood by booking airline tickets using internet and all of them have been badly hit by the two days ban on the services," Singh said. The residents in Jammu are furious over the government's decision to snap the internet services in Jammu region, as they say that there was no need to take such a step in Jammu as there was no apprehension of turmoil.
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