Manipur suspends mobile net for five days, cites tense communal situation

THE Manipur government has suspended mobile Internet services for five days in the entire state citing tense communal situation and possibilities of law and order problems, after two vehicles were torched by miscreants in separate incidents Saturday evening.

In the first incident, a vehicle was set ablaze at Phougakchao Ikhai Awang Leikai in Bishnupur district. In retaliation, members of the rival group torched a vehicle in Churachandpur district, police said.

After a video of one of the incidents went viral on social media, the state issued the order suspending mobile Internet services for five days.