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The authorities person suspended each virtual backstage web (VPN) services successful Poonch and Rajouri districts of the Jammu part for the adjacent 2 months.
In 2 abstracted orders, the administrations of the 2 districts, which are adjacent to the Line of Control (LoC), declared the suspension of VPNs, done nationalist notifications. In the latest bid connected Sunday (November 30, 2025), Ashok Kumar Sharma, Magistrate, Poonch, said the suspension was ordered nether Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) with contiguous effect.
“The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) informed that determination has been an unprecedented precocious usage of VPNs successful the past fewer days astatine antithetic locations of the territory by suspicious net users,” Mr. Sharma said successful the order.
Poonch is simply a territory adjacent to the LoC successful the Pir Panjal valley, comprising Rajouri and Poonch districts. Earlier, a akin bid was issued by the Rajouri administration.
Threat of cyber attack
The constabulary had apprised the territory administrations of however VPN transmit gets encrypted and creates a point-to-point tunnel, masks IP addresses, and sidesteps website blocks and firewalls connected the internet, frankincense making delicate information susceptible to cyber attacks.
“Adversaries tin usage VPN work to make an ambiance of fearfulness successful presumption of the prevailing situation,” Mr. Sharma said.
The determination was aimed astatine “strengthening the surveillance capabilities and ensuring nationalist safety”. The authorities urged residents to cooperate with the information measures and underlined that the determination was taken successful the involvement of maintaining instrumentality and bid successful the region.
