Chandigarh: Karnal’s district administration will suspending internet services from 12.30 am Tuesday (September 7) hours before farmers heeded a “gherao” call against the August 28 police action.
As per District Magistrate Nishant Kumar Yadav’s orders all forms of telecom internet services (2G/3G/4G/CDMA/GPRS), SMS services and dongle services provided on mobile networks will be suspended.
“Only voice calls will be allowed on mobile networks, he said after the administration held a meeting on Monday to discuss security arrangements in anticipation of a farmers’ call to gherao the mini secretariat on September 7,” the order read.
The move came after farmers warned that they would gherao the mini secretariat at Karnal on September 7 if the administration did not take legal action against Indian Administrative Service officer who ordered brutal police action on August 28 and the policemen involved in brutal lathicharge of protesting farmers.
The district administration has also imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code in Karnal.