Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet
Dhalai, Tripura
There are reports that mobile Internet services have been suspended for 24 hours in Dhalai, Tripura. According to one report, Tripura home secretary PK Chakraborty released a notification under the provision of Section 52 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, to "prohibit SMS messages of all mobile service providers, mobile internet or data service of all mobile service providers from midnight of 12/07/2024 to till the next day of 13/07/2024 of 12.00 PM (midnight) throughout the Dhalai District." The notification was given to quell community tension following the death of a young boy.
- Total Duration 1 day
India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
There are reports that mobile Internet services have been suspended for 24 hours in Dhalai, Tripura. According to one report, Tripura home secretary PK Chakraborty released a notification under the provision of Section 52 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, to "prohibit SMS messages of all mobile service providers, mobile internet or data service of all mobile service providers from midnight of 12/07/2024 to till the next day of 13/07/2024 of 12.00 PM (midnight) throughout the Dhalai District." The notification was given to quell community tension following the death of a young boy.
Related documentation
Section 144 orders have not been published.
Other supporting information
It’s difficult to measure the effect of local/regional Internet shutdowns as most measurements are done at a country level.
Social media
Communal violence erupts in Tripura's Dhalai district, leaving destruction and death. A cattle shed owned by Parimal Das was torched, killing 10 cows, and the death of tribal youth Parameshwar Reang(20) sparked the violence. Four arrests made, internet suspended, and security… pic.twitter.com/VwxiTlF9Qi— Treeni (@TheTreeni) July 14, 2024
Communal violence erupts in Tripura's Dhalai district, leaving destruction and death. A cattle shed owned by Parimal Das was torched, killing 10 cows, and the death of tribal youth Parameshwar Reang(20) sparked the violence. Four arrests made, internet suspended, and security… pic.twitter.com/VwxiTlF9Qi— Treeni (@TheTreeni) July 14, 2024