Attacks on mobile towers: J&K CM orders security

With militants repeatedly targeting telecom facilities in Kashmir, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Tuesday directed the police to ensure security of cellular towers and those manning them as some employees and <g data-gr-id="21">franchises</g> have stopped work following attacks and threats.

Concerned over a series of attacks on mobile phone towers in the Valley, the Centre also issued an advisory to the state government, asking it to ensure security of communication infrastructure and come out with an action plan to deal with militants' threat.

The Union Home Ministry asked the state government to urgently review the security situation in the wake several attacks on mobile towers and killing of people connected with the communication networks.

The state government has started the exercise to identify vulnerable towers and the state police has conveyed that it is in the process of providing security to some of the vulnerable towers, mostly located in Sopore and Bandipora, official sources said in New Delhi.