Shillong: The Meghalaya government on Friday ordered a shutdown of mobile Internet and messaging services in the entire Garo hills.

Official sources said the state government received a police report apprehending the law-and-order situation could become volatile after members of Garo Students' Union, Federation of Khasi-Jaiñtia and Garo People, A'chik Youth Welfare Organisation and Association for Democracy and Empowerment stormed the office of Garo Hills Autonomous District Council member Sofiur Rehman at Tura in West Garo Hills on Friday and demanded his removal from the post of forest advisory committee chairman.

"He had posted comments on Facebook against the Garo people last year and even tried to foment trouble between Garos and other communities," GSU president Tengsak G. Momin said over phone. He said they made the demand to remove Rehman to the council's chief executive member Dipul Marak.

Rehman denied having made any derogatory or communal statements on social media. "I am from Garo hills and I don't want to create problems. The allegation is false and the account from which the comments were posted is fake. I had even filed a police complaint," he said.

West Garo Hills superintendent of police Raghavendra Kumar M.G. confirmed that Rehman had filed a case regarding the fake account.

He said investigation was still on as the police are yet to receive the IP address and other details from Facebook.#

West Garo Hills deputy commissioner Ram Singh said the government has ordered that Internet will be shut in five districts for 48 hours.