Srinagar, Feb. 21 -- A former Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was arrested after a long hunt of 18 years from Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district on Thursday, police said.
Anwari Ali Chouhan alias Jamsheer, originally a resident of Gujjar-Kothian Talwara, had joined Hizbul Mujahideen in 2001. He remained active for seven years before surrendering in 2007 in the Kashmir Valley, a police spokesperson said.
Chouhan subsequently went underground and kept changing his location so as to evade arrest in multiple militancy-related cases registered at the Reasi police station.
Several attempts were made to arrest him over the years by conducting raids at his known locations in Gujjar Kothian, Chinore (Jammu) and Kherpora (Anantnag), the spokesman said...