Overview
- Police identified 95 VPN users in Pulwama and took preventive action, initiating security proceedings against 43 with no FIRs after background checks.
- Sopore police said 23 people were found using unauthorized VPNs, with security proceedings started against 15 for violating district orders.
- Officials reported additional cases in other districts, including five booked in Anantnag and six acted against in Kulgam.
- District magistrates have prohibited unauthorized VPN services across all 10 Kashmir districts for at least two months.
- Checkpoints and random mobile-device checks are ongoing across the Valley, while a separate LoC-linked drone ammunition drop in Poonch prompted searches and a high alert.