The continuing ban on mobile-based Internet services in Ahmedabad — imposed last week following the unrest triggered by a rally of the Patel community demanding OBC status and quota — has upset citizens who feel the crackdown is “illogical.”

On Monday, the State authorities lifted the ban across the State but not in Ahmedabad and Surat, the two largest cities with more than one crore population and also the economic and business hub of the State. The police fear that “some miscreants could circulate video clips of clashes between the police and the residents and foment trouble.”