A manhunt for a Sikh separatist and leader of the ‘Heirs of Punjab‘ organization is sited as the reason for 27 million people in India’s Punjab region to still be without Internet, going into its fourth day.
What was supposed to be a 24 hour outage starting on Saturday is ongoing and is one of the country’s broadest shutdowns in recent years. Amritpal Singh rocketed to nationwide notoriety after his supporters freed one of their own from a jail station they stormed in February.