Srinagar: A suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant was Wednesday arrested alongwith a grenade in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, a police spokesman said.
Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh alias "Zabeeullah", a resident of Kachmulla village of Tral, was arrested by a joint search party of police and troops of 42 Rashtriya Rifles and 180
battalion CRPF from Shikargah forest, 45 kms from here, he said.
A hand grenade and 10 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the possession of Sheikh, he said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 14:59