Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Suspend Services in Many Delhi Areas to Curb Anti-CAA Protests

As anti-CAA protests gained momentum on Th, the Delhi Police wrote to all major mobile carries in the state, including Airtel, Jio, MTNL, BSNL and Vodafone Idea, to end all advice services in many parts of the national capital. The alphabetic character written by the Delhi Police to the operators said: "In view of the prevailing police and order situation, information technology is hereby directed that advice of all types, i.e. voice, sms and Internet be halted".

The areas where the cellular services have been suspended include north and central Delhi. Mandi Firm, Jamia Nagar, Shaheen bagh, Seelampur, Jafrabad and Bawana are amongst the areas where mobile services have been asunder by the operators. According to the law, these areas are the specific zones from where the crowd can groovy and reach the epicentre of the protest.

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The police force has further imposed Section 144 in the cardinal Delhi area and as a precautionary measure, entry and leave gates of at to the lowest degree 17 Delhi Metro stations accept also been closed. Many opposition leaders taking part in the protest, including Sitaram Yechury and Yogendra Yadav, have been detained past the police till now as part of a land-wide clampdown that many activists are describing every bit undemocratic and high-handed. The Indian National Congress has also slammed the move, saying that people are being denied their democratic right to protest.

The NRC (National Register of Citizens) and the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Human activity) accept, as expected, proven to be extremely divisive, resulting in mass protests from higher-goers, law-students and human rights activists from effectually the state. With passions flaring on both sides, some of the protests have turned violent over the by week, resulting in the death of at least 5 protestors in police firing.

With Inputs From IANS