INDIA has suspended mobile internet services in three areas around the capital, Delhi, where farmers are staging a hunger strike in protest at new agriculture laws.
The government said the shutdown would continue until Sunday night to “maintain public safety”.
On Saturday, the interior ministry said mobile internet services had been suspended at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri – the districts where farmers have gathered – until 23:00 (17:30 GMT) on Sunday.
Protesters reacted angrily to the internet shutdown.
One farmer accused the officials of ‘trying to create a panic’ while another said it was ‘killing democracy’. (BBC)
