Srinagar June 2 (IANS) Mobile Internet services in Kashmir were restored on Friday evening after a week.
The facility was suspended last Saturday after Hizbul commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhat and his accomplice Faizan Ahmad were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Saimoh village of south Kashmir s Pulwama district.
The suspension of social networking sites on the Internet however continues as authorities said it was necessary to check the spread of malicious rumours by anti-social elements.
As the situation continues to improve the ban on social networking sites will also be reviewed shortly a senior officer said.
--IANS
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Mobile Internet services restored in Kashmir after 7 days
