Reliance Industries moves to Punjab and Haryana High Court against vandalism of Jio mobile towers

New Delhi, January 04: In a bid to take legal action against the farmer's protester for destroying and looting the thousands of Jio telecom towers, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has filed a petition in the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday.

 

The company has filed the petitions through its subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited. In its petition, they have sought urgent intervention of Govt authorities to bring a complete stop to illegal acts of vandalism by miscreants.

 

“These acts of violence have endangered the lives of thousands of its employees and caused damage and disruption to the vital communications infrastructure, sales and service outlets run by its subsidiaries in the two states,” the company said in a statement.

 

It further added in the statement, "The miscreants indulging in vandalism have been instigated and aided by vested interests and our business rivals. Taking advantage of the ongoing farmers’ agitation near the national capital, these vested interests have launched an incessant, malicious, and motivated vilification campaign against Reliance, which has no basis in truth."

 

The company clarified that Reliance Retail Limited (RRL), Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), or any other affiliate of our parent company, i.e., Reliance Industries Limited have not done any “corporate” or “contract” farming in the past, and have no plans to enter this business. Neither Reliance nor any of our subsidiaries have purchased any agricultural land, directly or indirectly, in Punjab/Haryana or anywhere else in India, for “corporate” or “contract” farming. We have no plans to do so.

 

According to the reports and video, about 1,600 telecom towers owned or operated by Reliance Jio were destroyed in the past few days by miscreants.

 

Last week, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh directed police to act against Jio tower vandalism in Punjab. The directions came hours after the Youth Congress leader instigated more vandals. Earlier, Jio had also written to TRAI alleging Airtel and Vodafone Idea were indulging in the unethical campaign to port users from Jio to their network.