NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Elon Musk stated Starlink satellite tv for pc web was down in India, his first remark since authorities seized two of the corporate’s units in latest weeks, one in an armed battle zone and a one other in a drug trafficking operation.
Starlink is searching for approval in India to offer satellite tv for pc broadband companies, and the Musk-owned firm is attempting to handle any safety issues as a part of the method.
Musk wrote on X late Tuesday that “Starlink satellite tv for pc beams are off over India” and “have by no means been turned on.”
He was responding to an Indian Army put up a couple of search operation on December 13 in Manipur state in northeast India, the place a communal battle has raged since early final yr.
The put up included pictures of seized weapons, a satellite tv for pc dish and a receiver with the Starlink emblem.
Two army officers concerned within the search operation, who spoke on situation of anonymity, stated the system with the Starlink emblem was being utilized by a militant group.
They stated the system was possible smuggled throughout the porous border into civil war-torn neighboring Myanmar, the place using Starlink units by insurgent teams has been documented in media experiences though the corporate doesn’t even function in Myanmar.
Earlier this month, Indian police despatched a authorized request to Starlink asking for particulars on the acquisition of a tool discovered once they caught smugglers at sea with $4.2 billion value of methamphetamine, one of many largest seizures Indians.
Police suspect that the traffickers had been utilizing the Internet system to browse.
(Reporting by Shivam Patel; Editing by Neil Fullick)
