Mobile internet suspended for 5 days in Manipur amid protests

Imphal: Mobile internet services have been suspended for five days across Manipur, as per an official order.
According to the order issued by Special Secretary (Home) H Gyan Prakash on Saturday, some anti-social elements were using social media to transmit hate speeches, inciting the passions of the public.
The decision was taken after a vehicle was set ablaze by some people at Phougakchao Ikhang on Saturday evening, it said.
The incident has led communal tension, the order said.
The district magistrate of Bishnupur has also imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC for a period of two months across the valley district, beginning Saturday evening.
Tension has been brewing in the state after All Tribal Student Union Manipur (ATSUM) imposed an indefinite “economic blockade” along the national highways passing through the hill districts on Friday morning, cutting off supplies to the valley region.