Mehbooba claims her outgoing mobile phone calls are blocked

PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday claimed that outgoing calls on her mobile number had been suspended without any reason being given.

“I have not been able to make any calls since morning. There is no explanation for this sudden suspension of services on polling day in Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency,” Mehbooba told PTI.

The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency, where voting is currently underway.

The PDP also addressed the issue in a post on X.

“Just before the elections, Ms. Mehbooba Mufti @MehboobaMufti’s mobile service was suddenly interrupted. Dozens of PDP workers and poll workers were detained across the constituency last night and early hours today,” it said.

On Friday, Mehbooba had written to the Election Commission, claiming that PDP workers and poll workers had been arrested by the police.

“Many of our PDP poll workers and poll assistants are being arrested just before voting. When the families went to the police station, they were told that this was happening at the behest of SSP Anantnag and DIG South Kashmir. We have written to @ECISVEEP and hope for their timely intervention,” the PDP leader had said in a post on X.