Mobile internet services were shut again in Kashmir to prevent the spead of rumours about the health of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, officials said on Thursday. The internet in the valley was shut once agains on Wednesday late night after a few social media posts came to light, claiming the poor health of the 90-year-old Hurriyat leader.
Mobile internet services in the Kashmir valley was again snapped on Monday as a precautionary measure as separatist groups called for a protest on the death anniversary of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front founder Maqbool Bhat. Authorities had on Sunday also snapped the services as a precautionary measure to prevent any law and order disturbance on the seventh death anniversary of Afzal Guru.