The internet services on broadband were restored on Sunday night in Jammu and Kashmir, two days after the state government had ordered termination of data services fearing trouble during the Eid al-Adha. However, the ban on internet services on mobile phones will be lifted tomorrow morning. “The ban has been partially revoked and broadband services of BSNL are now working in the state,” a police officer said.
He said the mobile internet services would be restored in the morning tomorrow.
A BSNL employee said the service provider has received the orders to lift the ban on broadband. “We have resumed the services and the broadband internet is now working,” he said.
The ban was to be lifted this morning, but the government extended it, saying it apprehended misuse by anti-social elements to create communal tension.
The measure was taken because of apprehension of communal tension in the backdrop of the High Court directive for implementation of an old law that bans slaughter and selling of beef. Some separatist groups have said they will defy the court order.
The step was also aimed at thwarting mischievous elements who may violate the court order and, as a mark of protest, post the pictures on social media that may spark communal tension.