Government Restores Mobile Internet Services in Kashmir Valley

The mobile Internet services were snapped on 27 May in the wake of protests over the killing of Sabzar Bhat.

An Indian paramilitary soldier guards at a temporary checkpoint during restrictions in Srinagar. Image used for representational purpose. (Photo: AP)

Mobile Internet services were restored on Friday night in the Kashmir valley, six days after these were snapped in the wake of protests following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Bhat. An official said:

The mobile network services have been restored across all connections and operators in the Valley.

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The services were restored in view of the improvement in the situation, the official said. The mobile Internet services were snapped across the Valley on 27 May as a precautionary measure in the wake of protests over the killing of Burhan Wani’s successor Sabzar Bhat and his colleague in an encounter in south Kashmir's Pulwama earlier that day.

The authorities had also barred outgoing services on prepaid mobile connections, but they were restored on 30 May.

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