Broadband internet services will be restored on 'limited scale' in Kashmir: Police chief

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh has said broadband internet service in the valley will be restored on a "limited scale" in the coming days.

"Curbs have been relaxed to a large extent. Phones are working (in Kashmir Valley). Broadband is functional in all districts of Jammu and we are thinking of restoring this facility, wherever possible, on a limited scale in Kashmir in the coming days," the police chief told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Kathua district on the weekend.

However, he remained non-committal on the release of political leaders, including three former chief ministers, who are under detention since August 5 when the Centre revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 of the Constitution and reorganised the state into two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

Internet services across all platforms continue to remain suspended in the valley, along with prepaid phone service.

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