Cellular network including mobile internet has also been suspended in Sumbal. Only State-run BSNL phones are working. Clashes erupted between protesters and government forces in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday. Witnesses said that youth took to streets and pelted stones on Police Station Sumbal to protest the killing of four “militants” by government forces in an “encounter” early today. “The police personnel present inside the police station responded by firing tear smoke shells,” they said. Meanwhile, a complete shutdown is being observed in Sumbal against the…
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