Bulk SMS, MMS banned for 15 days by Govt of India

The  government finally took action on 17 aug 2012 by banning bulk SMS (Mass Messaging) and MMS for 15 days ( now you can only send 5sms/day ) due to the rumors spreading in the north eastern states that the people will be attacked if returned from major cities in which many of them took shelter all these days like Hyderabad, Bangalore and other states and the police will be monitoring all calls and sms and catch hold of the persons spreading rumors.

Rumors have been spread that the people from the northeast states would be attacked after Ramzan  to take revenge of the recent violence in Assam which took 74 lives with it. The rumors have caused over 5,000 students from northeast fleeing to Guwahati from Bangalore by special trains till late Wednesday.The Govt of India states that the situation is under control and forces have been deployed in various states that concerns the matter.