AGENCIES / NEW DELHI

The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested a militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad Sajjad Khan who according to police was an associate of the mastermind of the Pulwama attack, Mudassir Ahmed Khan.

He was arrested from the Red Fort area Thursday night.

According to the police, Sajjad Khan was in contact with the mastermind of the Pulwama attack, Mudassir Ahmed Khan who was killed in an encounter on 11th March.

It has been found that Sajjad Khan moved to Delhi before the Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF jawans in Jammu and Kashmir on 14th February. He had been hiding in the city since then.

A resident of Jammu and Kashmir, Sajjad Khan knew the details of the Pulwama attack on the CRPF convoy.