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Srinagar: Security forces have arrested an alleged terrorist, who is suspected to be involved in a grenade attack on a CRPF camp earlier this year, from Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, a police official said on Thursday.
During a swipe search at Hari Parigam village in Awantipora tehsil of the south Kashmir district late on Wednesday evening, security forces arrested a suspected person, the official said.
The arrested suspect has been identified as Sakib Reyaz Ganie, resident of Chaki-Cholan of the Shopian district.
"The subject was the prime suspect of a grenade attack on a CRPF camp at Lariyar on May 20, 2025," the official said.
He added that a pistol, a pistol magazine and seven live 9 mm rounds were recovered from the suspect's possession.