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| Now militants attack cell phone towers in Sopore | | | S.Tahir-Ul Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, May 24: Panic gripped Sopore town when unidentified persons lobbed two grenades towards a mobile tower during the preceding night.
One grenade exploded in air and another was diffused later by Bomb Disposal Squad. The attack came days after the militants had directed the proprietors of land where these mobile towers are erected to shut the operations within seven days.
According to reports during the intervening night of May 23-24 some unidentified persons lobbed two grenades towards Airtel mobile communication tower in Kralteng area of Sopore town which created panic among the general public.
One of the grenades exploded in air and another didn't explode and was defused later by Bomb Disposal Squad. However there was no loss of life or property, sources said.Sources said that the Airtel mobile communication tower is erected in the compound of a residential house of Dr Mohammad Ramzan Sofi.Pertinently the militants raided three mobile tower sites in Sopore town of Baramulla district and directed the land owners to wind up the operations of theses towers.
According to sources that, the militants on May 21 went to Shiewa, Dooru, Dangerpora villages of Sopore town and made it clear to the proprietors on whose land these mobile towers are erected to shut the operations or they will destroy them (Towers) by blasting.The development came at a time when tension between militants and telecom operators are already running high in Sopore town and its adjacent areas.Sources said, few weeks ago, a group of masked men who were armed with pistols raided the outlets of three leading telecom companies which include Airtel, Aircel and Vodafone in the town and allegedly thrashed some of their employees.Employees were thrashed when communication device installed by militants on an Airtel mobile tower was removed by telecom operators at Badambagh locality of Sopore town, sources informed.
It is learnt that no recharge for mobile phones is available in the Sopore and its adjoining areas and for doing the same they have to approach their relatives and friends outside the town. The internet connectivity has also been hit in the town from last two weeks.
However the poster of Lashkar-e-Islam were posted on electric poles which reads that we warn these telecommunication companies to close all networking services, close their offices and stop recharging services as well.
We warn the retailers as well to stop recharging the subscribers within seven days otherwise they have to face the music, and should think that they have called the death in, reads the poster.
The gunmen reportedly have held the telecommunication companies exclusively responsible for the killing and arrest of top militant commanders in the town.A senior official told Early Times that hunt to nab the militants is on and the forces including Special Operation Group (SOG) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and other security agencies have intensified their patrolling during day and night hours.The security agencies have already questioned several youths in this connection but so for no one has been arrested, the official said. |
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