By NNN-PTI
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police Monday arrested a top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen along with a huge cache of arms and explosives here.
Rayees Ahmad Dar alias Rayees Kachroo, involved in more than 40 killings including a number of security personnel, was arrested in a joint operation by police and CRPF in the early hours of the day, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, S M Sahai told reporters here.
He said three universal machine guns with three magazines, a sniper rifle, an AK-47 rifle with six magazines, 4,000 rounds, three pistols with four magazines, three wireless sets, two rocket launcher with four shells, a hand grenade, three rifle grenades, an improvised explosive device (ied) weighing 25 kgs and three jerry canes filled with 55 litres of liquid explosives were recovered at his behest.
Terming the arrest of the dreaded militant as a prize catch, Sahai said he was an IED expert and involved in many blasts.
Some of the major strikes carried out by him over the past 10 years included IED attacks at Wachi, Khelan, Brah-badina and Kawni in South Kashmir which left over 20 security personnel including an army officer dead, he said.
Thirteen cases of killings of innocent persons, including some political activists and attacks on security forces, stand registered against him at Awantipora police station, he said, adding he was responsible for more than 40 killings.