Grenades lobbed at telecom offices in Srinagar; no casualties

In two separate attacks, grenades were hurled at the offices of two telecom service providers located at a stone’s throw from one another in Karan Nagar locality of Srinagar on Friday morning, officials said.

However, there was no report of any casualties.

Terrorists targeted telecommunication services in Jammu & Kashmir again on Friday.

The unidentified assailants attacked two mobile phone sales and service centres and lobbed grenades to force their closure, police said.

“Two unidentified assailants entered an Aircel office in Karan Nagar business centre and asked the staff to close their business and leave the office,” a senior police officer told IANS in Srinagar.

“They hurled a grenade inside that damaged furniture and fixture inside,” police said.

After that, the assailants entered a Vodafone office and asked the the staff to vacate.

They lobbed another grenade inside the Vodafone office and escaped, police said, adding that searches have been started to nab the assailants.

Unidentified gunmen have been threatening mobile phone service providers in north Kashmir.

Friday’s attack is the first such incident in Srinagar.
However, no casualties or injuries have been reported.

Security forces have cordoned off the area and have launched a probe.

The militants have targeted mobile transmission towers in the state in a big way.

According to a report in June, as many as 1,371 mobile transmission towers affected by the recent militant attacks in the Valley.

Nobody has so far claimed the responsibility of the attacks.

Several people were killed in similar attacks on cell towers in north Kashmir’s Sopore area in past couple of months.