Hours after social media and messaging platforms were restored following a month-long ban, mobile Internet services were snapped in Jammu and Kashmir after militant Sabzar Bhat was killed in an encounter, the Hindustan Times reports. The government has not released a statement on why mobile Internet was shut down again in the state nor has it mentioned how long services will be cut, as indicated by this Times of India report.

The publication added that stone pelters were sending voice notes on WhatsApp to spread the message after the encounter. Mobile Internet was cut in Jammu and Kashmir for more than six months after security forces killed Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Interestingly, Sabzar Bhat was named Wani’s successor.

Kashmir has had the highest number of Internet shutdowns – as many as 31 shutdowns in 2016, and three so far in 2017.