Pulwama: Mobile internet has been suspended in parts of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday with officials citing security reasons.
Directions were given to the Telecom Service Providers to suspend mobile data services in the Wampora and Hunipora areas of the south Kashmir district, underlined by Vijay Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir Zone, officials said.
The ADGP’S order mentions ‘the possibility of mobile data services being misused by anti-India elements, which may cause deterioration in public order,’ the officials added.
The Telecom Service Providers were directed to suspend mobile data within a three km radius of these areas from 7 p.m. on November 5 till 7 p.m. on November 8, the officials said.
