Mobile internet snapped in Kashmir, restored later

The authorities snapped mobile internet services in Kashmir on Sunday as a precautionary measure to prevent any law-and-order scenario on the seventh death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, officials said here.

The mobile internet services were suspended early in the morning as the authorities apprehended violence in the Valley in view of a bandh call given by separatist outfits, the officials said.

The services were restored in the evening, they added.The authorities had restored 2G internet services in Kashmir on January 25, more than five months after snapping all communication facilities inthe valley following abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution on August 5 last year.