Jammu, Nov. 29 -- In view of public safety and to prevent potential misuse of such services for unlawful activities, the District Administration has ordered mandating the immediate suspension of all Virtual Private Network (VPN) services across the district for a period of two months in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The directive, issued by District Magistrate Abhishek Sharma, under Section 163 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, follows a communication from the Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri reporting unprecedented and suspicious use of VPN services in various areas of the district.
The order highlights concerns that VPNs-by masking IP addresses, bypassing website blocks and firewalls, and transm...