Snapping of power supply to Jio towers: Sabotage in disguise of farmer’s agitation, says Reliance

Being questioned over some protesters allegedly disconnecting the power supply to mobile towers, at least two farmers’ bodies, including Bharti Kisan Union (Ugrahan) Friday said such action was never on their agenda and that they had only given calls to boycott Reliance stores and products.

The clarification comes two days after Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited wrote to Punjab Director General of Police complaining of “incidents of sabotage and vandalism at Jio sites to disrupt the mobile service in state by unknown persons in the disguise of ongoing farmer’s agitation”. The Reliance Infocomm, while noting that at least 200 sites had been vandalized in three days and there was damage between Rs 5 to Rs 10 crore, also sought state police’s intervention.