Due to security reasons, the mobile internet has been suspended in parts of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. According to officials, Directions to the Telecom Service Providers to suspend mobile data services in Wampora and Hunipora areas of the south Kashmir district were issued by Vijay Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir Zone.
The ADGP'S order mentions the possibility of mobile data services being misused by anti-national elements, which may cause deterioration in public order, the officials added.
It should be mentioned here that the Telecom Service Providers were directed to suspend mobile data within a three km radius of these areas from 7 pm on November 5 till 7 pm on November 8.
Terrorist attacks hit Pulwama
Earlier on October 30, terrorist attacks hit the Kashmir valley for the second consecutive day, when a labourer hailing from Uttar Pradesh was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in Pulwama district. A local LeT terrorist from Pulwama district, identified as Rayees Dar, and one unidentified terrorist are responsible for the killing, police sources said.
The incident took place at Tumchi Nowpora of Pulwama district in South Kashmir at about 12:10 pm when the labourer, Mukesh Kumar, was returning from a market where he had gone to buy some culinary items, a police spokesperson said.
In the attack, Kumar, a native of Bhatpora village in UP, was critically injured and was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the spokesman said, adding the deceased was working at a brick kiln.
(With inputs from PTI)
