Mobile internet ban ends; Ahmedabad, Surat last out

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Collector Beniwal said services in rural areas have been restored. “The decision to restore it in urban areas has to be taken by the police commissioner.”

The city ban was lifted late in the evening, DCP (Crime) Deepan Bhadran told The Indian Express. Before that, he had said, “On social media there are posts that are affecting the friendly relations between communities. In view of this, we wrote to the commissioner office [seeking extension of the ban].”

The DCP also lodged an FIR against unknown “anti-social elements” Tuesday “for spreading provocative messages through social media and various mobile applications”. The FIR charged the accused with spreading “provocative messages, speeches, comments on social media like WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube via mobile phones and Internet that could lead to a riot and create fear and insecurity among communities”.