{"id":197872,"date":"2024-12-18T18:52:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/18\/elon-musk-says-starlink-inactive-in-india-after-second-device-seized\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T18:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T18:52:13","slug":"elon-musk-says-starlink-inactive-in-india-after-second-device-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/18\/elon-musk-says-starlink-inactive-in-india-after-second-device-seized\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Says Starlink Inactive in India After Second Device Seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/i.gadgets360cdn.com\/large\/large_81_1734526522517.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Elon Musk Says Starlink Inactive in India After Second Device Seized\" title=\"Elon Musk Says Starlink Inactive in India After Second Device Seized\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Elon Musk said Starlink satellite internet is inactive in India, his first comments since authorities seized two of the company&#8217;s devices in recent weeks, one in an armed conflict zone and another in a drug smuggling bust.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/starlink\">Starlink<\/a> is seeking approval in India to provide satellite broadband services and the Musk-owned company is trying to address any potential security concerns as part of the process.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/elon-musk\">Musk<\/a> wrote on X late on Tuesday that &#8220;Starlink satellite beams are turned off over India&#8221; and were &#8220;never on in the first place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He was responding to a post from the Indian Army about a search operation on December 13 in Manipur state in India&#8217;s northeast, where a communal conflict has raged since early last year.<\/p>\n<p>The post included photos of seized weapons and a satellite dish and receiver with a Starlink logo.<\/p>\n<p>Two military officers familiar with the search operation, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the device with the Starlink logo was being used by a militant group.<\/p>\n<p>They said the device was likely smuggled through the porous border with neighbouring civil war-torn Myanmar, where use of Starlink devices by rebel groups has been documented in media reports although the company does not operate in Myanmar either.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Indian police sent a legal demand to Starlink seeking purchase details of a device found when they caught smugglers at sea with $4.2 billion (roughly Rs.\u00a020,386 crore) worth of methamphetamine, one of the biggest such Indian seizures.<\/p>\n<p>The police suspect the smugglers were using the internet device to navigate.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/internet\/news\/elon-musk-starlink-inactive-india-second-device-seized-7278327#rss-gadgets-news\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk said Starlink satellite internet is inactive in India, his first comments since authorities seized two of the company&#8217;s devices in recent weeks, one in an armed conflict zone and another in a drug smuggling bust. 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