Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested in Pulwama district

Security forces arrested on Tuesday a Hizbul Mujahideen militant from Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Security forces arrested on Tuesday a Hizbul Mujahideen militant from Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, an official said.

Army soldiers outside a house where militants were hiding during an encounter in Shopian district of south Kashmir. (PTI File Photo)

“Arizoo Bashir was arrested by the police and security fores from Tral,” a police spokesman said.

He said that Bashir was a Hizb militant and had been active for “quite some time”.