Airtel accuses Jio of fraudulent practices in J&K; nonsense, replies Jio

Alleges fraudulent disguising of prepaid customers as postpaid, thus posing security threat

Amid the ongoing slugfest among them, Bharti Airtel has now alleged that Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) is "fraudulently disguising" its pre-paid customers in J&K as post-paid thereby causing a grave security threat while also violating the licence conditions.

In view of the gravity of the situation, Airtel has sought cancellation of Jio's licence for J&K service area.

In a letter to Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Airtel said the telcos have received instructions from Zonal Police Headquarters (Kashmir) to stop data services for all subscribers and stopping of all services for pre-paid subscribers. Post-paid subscribers may be allowed to use voice services.

However,