Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir): Hidayatullah Malik, leader of the terror group Lashkar-e-Mustafa, was arrested on Saturday, Jammu and Kashmir Police said.
Malik was arrested from Jammu in a joint operation by Jammu and Anantnag police, said Jammu and Kashmir Police.
“Hidayatullah Malik, a categorised terrorist, has been arrested near Kunjwani in Jammu. A pistol and a grenade have been recovered from his possession. When we went to arrest him, he attacked the police party,” Jammu Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shridhar Patil told media.
Jammu and Kashmir Police in a statement said that Malik is a categorised terrorist from Shopian district.
“The said terrorist is the Chief of Lashkar-e-Mustafa, an offshoot of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Kashmir in Kashmir valley,” it said.
