48-hour internet shutdown in Bhadrak following unrest

Bhadrak: Keeping in view the unrest that was experienced in the district yesterday, a 48-hour internet shutdown in Bhadrak has been effected on Saturday.

The internet service is suspended in Bhadrak district for 48 hours due to the risk of misleading posts on social media, Bhadrak SP informed.

Acute tension prevailed near Santhia under Bhadrak Town Police Station limits after a protest rally over a controversial social media post that turned ugly forcing the local administration to to impose Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 144 of the CrPC) for an indefinite period.

A fight broke out between two communities following a controversial social media post following which they pelted stones and bricks at each other.

Later, hundreds of people belonging to one group gathered near Santhia and were going in a rally in protest against a controversial social media post shared by a youth of another community.

Soon, a team of cops under the leadership of City DSP Anshuman Dwivedi and Bhadrak Town Police Station SI reached the spot after getting information about it and waylaid the rally as it was being held allegedly without prior permission.