India, Feb. 17 -- Internet services have been suspended in Bihar's Jamui district from Monday for 72 hours after tensions between two communities escalated on Sunday evening triggering violence and law-and-order situation, the police said.

As a precautionary measure, the state government asked the district administration to impose the ban under Section 5 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 till 4am on February 20. Services such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, WeChat, Google, Skype, Snapchat, Telegram, YouTube as well as other social networking sites will remain affected for the next three days.

According to the notification issue by the additional chief secretary to the government, "As per available inputs and as reported by the DM and SP...