Police in Jammu and Kashmir today arrested a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander, who allegedly masterminded the car bomb blast in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir last month.

Lateef Dar, alias Lateef Kachru, was arrested from in ladarmad in south Kashmir area near Jammu Srinagar National Highway in Pulwama district. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pulwama Amit Kumar said that Dar was the divisional commander of Hizbul Mujahideeen for the south Kashmir region.

One AK-47, three AK magazines, one pistol, one grenade and material used to manufacture IEDs have been recovered from him.