Hizbul Mujahideen behind attacks on mobile towers in Kashmir: IGP Gillani

Srinagar: IGP Kashmir Syed Javaid Gillani on Wednesday said that the investigation into the telecom towers attack in Kashmir points that it was the handiwork of Hizbul Mujahideen.

Gillani told that boys affiliated with Hizbul Mujahideen are involved in the attacks even if the organisation may be denying it.

The IGP Kashmir also informed that damaged telecom towers have been restored and that 80 percent of towers which were not working have started working.

Afraid of being targetted, mobile operators in Kashmir had shut down services disrupting mobile connectivity.

Last month, Suspected militants had shot dead an employee of a BSNL franchisee and injured two others in Sopore town.