Earlier on Friday, rigidity flared up because the members of a selected neighborhood resorted to violent protests at Santhia in the Puruna Bazar police station space of the district over a controversial social media submit.
The Odisha authorities has imposed a 48-hour Internet shutdown in the Bhadrak district following violent communal clashes over social media posts.
A notification from the Home Department of the Odisha authorities issued on Saturday morning mentioned, “In order to prevent the spread of inflammatory and motivated messages in the media to disturb the public order in Bhadrak district and restore peace and amity, the Home Department hereby extends the prohibition of the use and access of Social Media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, X and any other through the Internet and other media of data services for 48 (forty eight) hours up to 0200 September 30, 2024 in Bhadrak district.”
Earlier on Friday, rigidity flared up because the members of a selected neighborhood resorted to violent protests at Santhia in the Puruna Bazar police station space of the district over a controversial social media submit. As many as three police officers, together with the Bhadrak metropolis DSP, sustained severe accidents in stone pelting by the enraged members of the protesting neighborhood. Sources mentioned that the members of a selected neighborhood acquired enraged after coming throughout a controversial submit on the favored social media platform, Facebook.
The members of the group took out a rally and staged a highway blockade by burning tyres at Santhia on Friday afternoon. The protesters have been demanding instant arrest of the individuals behind the submit. Upon being knowledgeable, the native law enforcement officials and officers of the district administration rushed to the spot and tried to pacify the protesters. But the agitators abruptly began pelting stones on the police and different officers. The agitators even ransacked the car of the Bhadrak Tahsildar. The police officers later resorted to gentle baton prices to disperse the violent mob. To prevent additional violence, authorities deployed 10 platoons of police power and three officers in cost in the world. Police additionally performed a flag march to management the law-and-order scenario.
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