Haryana govt orders suspension of mobile Internet in Nuh, imposes Section 144

The Haryana government on Saturday ordered the suspension of mobile Internet and bulk SMS services in the communally charged Nuh district till August 28 in view of a call for a ‘shobha yatra’. The government announced the decision, apprehending the spread of rumours through social media ahead of or during Monday’s rally.

The Nuh authorities had recently denied permission to hold a religious procession in the district on August 28 after an earlier one in July was disrupted following communal violence.