Ban on internet as tensions erupt in Tripura district

GUWAHATI: Tripura government suspended mobile internet services for the next 72 hours in the North Tripura district, after communal tensions flared up in the district on Tuesday.

Attempts were made by mobs to attack a Shiva temple and a mosque, the police said.

“In the morning, an attempt was made to attack a temple. A similar attempt was made later to target a mosque,” a senior police officer told this newspaper.