Violence erupts in West Bengal’s Birbhum, internet services suspended in five areas

West Bengal: Kolkata In response to raising violence, Internet and VoIP services have been suspended in five Gram Panchayat areas near Sainthia city in Birbhum quarter, West Bengal. The restrictions, effective from March 14 to March 17, aim to help the spread of rumors and unlawful conditioning, according to an sanctioned directive issued by the West Bengal government.

Security measures boosted amid violence

Reports of gravestone- pelting incidents urged heavy police deployment in the affected areas. The state’s Home and Hill Affairs Department issued a statement emphasizing that suspending digital communication was necessary to maintain public order. " Any data- related communication or class of communication, transmitted via telecommunication networks, shall remain defined in the interest of precluding uneasiness," the order stated.

While internet access remains blocked, voice calls and SMS services continue continued, icing introductory communication remains complete. also, journals and other information channels remain innocent.

Areas under digital blackout

The restrictions have been assessed in

• Sainthia city
• Hatora Gram Panchayat
• Mathpalsa Gram Panchayat
• Harisara Gram Panchayat
• Dariyapur Gram Panchayat
• Fulur Gram Panchayat

BJP slams Mamata Banerjee’s government

The suspense of services has sparked political contestation, with West Bengal BJP President and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar launching a cutting attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s administration." Birbhum has come a ticking lemon under the TMC rule. The state police are fully dysfunctional and have been reduced to a political tool," Majumdar claimed.

pertaining to once incidents, he contended that a TMC leader was caught with explosive accoutrements , leading to an NIA disquisition. He also refocused out that security agencies had lately seized over 1,000 kg of ammonium nitrate in Kolkata, raising enterprises over law enforcement’s effectiveness.

Government justifies suspense, ensures Security

officers defended the decision, citing the implicit abuse of digital platforms to incite violence. The restrictions will remain in place until 8 AM on March 17. This rearmost uneasiness in Birbhum comes amid growing enterprises over law and order in West Bengal, with opposition parties criminating the ruling Trinamool Congress( TMC) of failing to check violence in the state.