Huji divisional chief, three LeT militants held in Jammu

A Harkat-ul Jehad-e-Islami militant accused in Faizabad and Varanasi blasts and three suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba militants have been arrested, officials said on Monday.

Fazial Sohail Ahmed, a self-styled HuJI commander, who was arrested in Jammu on Sunday evening, is a suspect in Faizabad and Varanasi blasts in Uttar Pradesh and killing of five Border Road Organisation officials including commandant Lt Col Ajay Verma in Kishtwar in June, police said.

Sohail was arrested in a police raid carried out on information provided by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), they said, adding that a pistol and two grenades were recovered from him.

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The HuJI operative was arrested soon after he survived an encounter at Kapran in Kokernag area, police said.

Police also arrested three suspected militants of LeT during a raid in a hotel in the city on Sunday night, they said.