Wanted Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested

Lone, wanted in several cases, was arrested from Batamaloo bus stand by the sleuths of Special Operations Groups (SOG) of local police, they said.

The militant was also an accused in a contractor killing case.Last week, police had arrested six militants of the HM outfit in connection with attempting to revive the group in north Kashmir's Baramulla district," officials said.

With these arrests, police claimed to have solved the killing of the contractor.Contractor Nazir Ahmed Lone was murdered over business rivalry by the militants, who were paid money by Abdul Hamid.