Chinese Apps Ban: More than 200 Chinese apps will be banned, used to harass people by giving loans, some even committed suicide – india will ban more than 200 chinese apps

Distressed people also committed suicide

Navbharat Times was the first to expose the cases of making borrowers from the Chinese loan app. The ministry official said that in the investigation it has been found that these apps lure people to take loans and win by playing betting. Later they increase the interest on the borrowers up to 3000% per annum. When the borrower expressed his inability to return the loan money, he was harassed. They send lewd messages to them on many social media platforms including WhatsApp and threaten to make them viral by tampering with their pictures. Distressed by this, many people have also committed suicide.

Many states had recommended
Central intelligence agencies along with states like Delhi, Telangana, Odisha, UP have also recommended the Union Home Ministry to take action on these apps. There is content on these apps that harms the sovereignty and integrity of India. This is an offense under section 69 of the IT Act. These apps were posing a threat to the economic stability of the country.