On January 22, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) ordered social media platforms such as YouTube, Meta, and Google to remove a viral video. This video showed the brutal killing of 29-year-old Mayanglambam Rishikant Singh in Churachandpur, Manipur, which took place on January 21. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) requested the removal, saying the video could disturb public order. The blocking order was issued under Section 69 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, along with related rules. Singh, from Kakching in the Meitei community, was killed by unidentified attackers who recorded the murder. He had been visiting his wife, a member of the Kuki-Zo community, in Churachandpur after working in Nepal for two years. The Manipur government filed a writ petition at the Manipur High Court, asking social media companies including Meta Platforms Inc, Google LLC, YouTube, and WhatsApp to take down the video. The State also urged the Union Government to block access to this content. On January 22, Judge A Guneshwar Sharma issued notice to the Union Government, noting the MHA's claim that the shared URLs could disrupt public peace. The court allowed the state to serve notice to social media firms via the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's Directorate General of Cyber Laws & e-Security. The court acknowledged that MeitY had already acted on the issue following the MHA's nodal officer's report. The case is scheduled for further hearing on February 18. The court also directed the MHA and MeitY to update the progress on the blocking order by then.