Manipur: With situation improving, mobile internet and data services restored in five valley districts

Guwahati: With the situation improving in Manipur, the state government on Friday restored mobile internet and data services in five valley districts.

Commissioner (Home) N. Ashok Kumar in an order said that in view of overall improvement of law and order in the five districts and the inconveniences faced by the general public during such period of suspension of internet services, the state government has decided to lift any form of internet suspension in the territorial jurisdictions of these districts.

The five Imphal valley districts include Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur, and Kakching.


On June 10, the district administrations of five valley districts relaxed the indefinite curfew from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Violent protests broke out on the night of June 7 in five valley districts following the arrest of Meitei radical outfit Arambai Tenggol leader Ashem Kanan Singh (46) by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The state government banned mobile internet and data services on June 7 midnight for five days and imposed an indefinite curfew in five Imphal valley districts, inhabited by the people of the Meitei community.

The Arambai Tenggol also on June 10 announced that it relaxed its 10-day Manipur shutdown call given from June 8 to protest the arrest of a senior leader of the group, as well as against the lodging of cases by security agencies.