Internet and voice-over-internet telephony services were suspended in at least five Gram Panchayat areas of Sainthia town in West Bengal’s Birbhum.

Tensions escalated in West Bengal’s Birbhum on Saturday after violent clashes between two groups led to the suspension of the internet in parts of town. The state government also deployed a huge contingent of security forces to maintain law and order.The internet shutdown is in effect in Bengal’s Birbhum from March 14 to March 17.(PTI)