With terrorists blasting a BSNL mobile tower in Habbakadal in the heart of Srinagar on Monday , five of the government-owned telecom company's franchisees shut down their SIM recharge facilities across the Valley . Already , Airtel, Vodafone, and Aircel have curtailed their services following Lashkar-e-Islam's threats and attacks on towers, as a result of which more than 50% of the Valley area is now off network.
With the shutdown of BSNL franchise outlets in all districts, the sub-franchises and retailers automatically wound up their businesses. On Monday , not a single pre-paid BSNL subscriber across the state was able to recharge his cell phone. Panic gripped Habbakadal when militants lobbed a grenade at a BSNL tower there, which missed the target, but left one person injured.
This was the first incident of its kind in Srinagar after attacks in Sopore and Handwara. Police claimed to have arrested three people allegedly involved in putting up `threatening posters' in Khrew area of Pulwama in South Kashmir. Avantipora SSP Muhammad Irshad said the arrested people have militant links and identified them as Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh, Mudasir Ahmad Lone, and Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat.
Meanwhile, intelligence sources said that police seizure of an ISI-supplied radio communication gadget installed at a telecom tower in Badami Bagh in Sopore in April this year led to frustrated militants into announcing a complete ban on mobile services first in north Kashmir, and thereafter to other parts of the Valley.
With the shutdown of BSNL franchise outlets in all districts, the sub-franchises and retailers automatically wound up their businesses. On Monday , not a single pre-paid BSNL subscriber across the state was able to recharge his cell phone. Panic gripped Habbakadal when militants lobbed a grenade at a BSNL tower there, which missed the target, but left one person injured.
This was the first incident of its kind in Srinagar after attacks in Sopore and Handwara. Police claimed to have arrested three people allegedly involved in putting up `threatening posters' in Khrew area of Pulwama in South Kashmir. Avantipora SSP Muhammad Irshad said the arrested people have militant links and identified them as Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh, Mudasir Ahmad Lone, and Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat.
Meanwhile, intelligence sources said that police seizure of an ISI-supplied radio communication gadget installed at a telecom tower in Badami Bagh in Sopore in April this year led to frustrated militants into announcing a complete ban on mobile services first in north Kashmir, and thereafter to other parts of the Valley.
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